"Financiers" Almond Cakes
INGREDIENTS (about 25 mini cakes) 250g icing sugar 90g almond flour 90g all-purpose flour 3g baking powder 250g egg whites 135g unsalted butter 1 vanilla pod DIRECTIONS Preheat oven at 360°F (180°C). In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat until it turns into a light brown color. Be carefull of not burning it! This is the technique of "beurre noisette". Remove it from the stove, and deep the bottom of your saucepan into a water bath. Keep at room temperature. Sift the icing sugar. In a bowl, incorporate almond flour, flour, baking powder, and the seeds of the vanilla pod. Combine. Add egg whites and stir with a spatula. Add butter, and stir to combine until you get a smooth mixture. Reserve this batter in the fridge for 30 minutes. Take a silicon rectangle mould . Garnish at halfway in using a pastry bag. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes at 360°F (180°C). Remove from oven, leave on the rack at room temperature, and wait it's cold before unmolding. Store th