Ingredients
- Unsalted butter (to make 200g of beurre noisette) 250g
- Egg whites 180g
- Sugar 150g
- Ground almonds 100g
- Flour 80g
Serves: 40 people | Recipe course: Dessert | Total time (min.): 40 plus cooling |
A financier is a light, moist teacake similar to a sponge cake. The basis of the cake itself is beurre noisette (brown sugar), egg whites, powdered sugar and flour. They are often shaped in molds and topped with whipped cream, berries and served with ice cream or other frozen confections.
To make the beurre noisette:
To make the financier:
Variations :
Chocolate
Add 40g cocoa powder, at stage 1 "to make the financier"
Orange
Add 40g orange confit ,at stage 1 "to make the financier"