Who misses his macarons succeeds his financiers!
Financiers require almost the same ingredients as macaroons, but they are much easier and less technical to make than macarons.
The best way to describe financiers is simply almond flavored soft cookie, with moisi center and crise edges
Financier … why this name?
In the 17th century, the sisters of the Order of the Visitandines prepared small oval cakes made from almonds. These small cakes are”Visitandines”.
They were made either to compensate for the ban on meat consumption in convents. But also to prevent the loss of egg whites. The yolk of which they used as a binder for their paint.
Most of the almond pastries suffered an eclipse after the Renaissance. Indeed, cyanide smelling of bitter almonds, so for centuries people were wary of anything made with almonds.
Around 1890, the pastry chef Lasne brought the Visitandines back into fashion. As his store was very close to the Stock Exchange. His clientele consisted largely of financiers, wanted to swallow a small cake on the go that did not dirty their fingers. Lasne also had the idea of changing the oval shape of the original pastry to evoke the shape of a… gold ingot. The financier was born!
Financier cake, French pastry with almond
FINANCIER CAKE
Financiers are little almond butter cakes available in France.
The cakes are absolutely delicious, with sponge cake texture, buttery and sweet. It’s my favorite French pastry.
This homemade French financier recipe is easy and the best!
INGREDIENTS
4 egg whites100 g almond flour ( 1 cup) 150 g granulated sugar (3/4 cup)( or 1 cup of powdered sugar) 60 g flour (1/2 cup)
100 g of melted butter (1/3 cup +1 tbsp)