Friands are based on financiers, the famous French pastry made with almond meal, powdered sugar and egg whites. With a delicate frangipane-like texture and a crisp sweet flavour, friands are punctuated by the addition of fruits, chocolates and nuts as a topping. When...
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Brown Butter Lemon Friand Cake
This cake was a thought. An idea that took flight and landed in a white pie plate. It came about slowly with a lick here and a taste there. A haphazard yet thoughtful marriage of ingredients. My ode to autumn. A bid to hold on to the season that has passed. The sin of...
Baby Lemon Madeleines
Our citrus trees have been hibernating for the longest time now. I had given up on our Meyer lemon and Australian lime trees. But this weekend, I saw Nick hard at work mulching, feeding, water and weeding around them. Just a little TLC and they already...
Citrus Madeleines
Gummy Bear's favourite colour is pink. He adores it and I find his total adoration for anything pink absolutely cute. Now pink in his little mind is anything from a dusky shade of rose to bright candy floss pink to peachy orange. Works for me! It means I can...
Almond And Rose Bread - Amande Rose Pain
On a visit to a deli and specialty food store in St.Ives, I found a beautifully packaged box of rose petals by Pariya. It is no secret that I love rose petals in cooking and am always looking for unique and creative ways to cook with them. With the weather being...