Financiers

Name: Financiers
Yield: Makes 4 to 6 (4-inch/10-cm) round cakes
Ingredients: 1 cup (250 g) almond powder; 1 2/3 cups (175 g) powdered sugar; 1/3 cup (40 g) all-purpose flour (or cornstarch for a gluten-free option); 1 tablespoon baking powder; Pinch of salt; 4 eggs, separated; 3/4 cup (170 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon natural almond extract (we use this, but it’s optional)

January 24, 2012

The financier gives you a failproof moist cake that will stand through the rigors of pâtisserie de cuisine. It is simple to make, which is a good thing for us at Joe Beef, with our limited space and no real pastry chef, and for the home cook. Keep in mind that baking is a science, and although we include volume measures here, weighing the ingredients is recommended. We use ornate wax paper tartlet molds. If you don’t have them or can’t find them, you can just fill muffin cups half full and you’ll get the same result. Serve the cakes with ice cream and sweet wine.

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