Try These Tiny Friand Cakes with Enormous Flavors

Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 F/180 C/Gas 4. Sieve the flour into a large, roomy baking bowl. Add the caster sugar and the ground almonds and stir well. In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites until foamy and light but not firm peaks (you are not making meringues). Add the egg whites to the dry ingredients, add the butter and gently stir everything together until you have created a thickish cake batter. Place 6 small, lightly greased loaf tins (they should hold about half a cup or 120 milliliters of liquid) onto a baking sheet. Using a dessert spoon, 3/4 full with the cake batter. Clean up any spillages or cake batter on the cake tin rim or sides. Cook in the center of the oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until risen and golden brown; when the center is pierced with a toothpick, it should come out clean. Leave the cakes in the tins for 5 minutes, then remove and leave to cool on a wire cooling rack. Once cooled, dust with icing sugar if using. Serve and enjoy!