» Dairy Free Lemon FriandsPop Therapy

So I’m still on a dairy free elimination diet and have been looking for something lemon flavoured to bake (my love of delicious lemons is well documented here and here!!). Friands are a tasteful looking cake to serve for afternoon tea and were surprisingly easy to make.

I made two batches – one plain lemon, and one lemon and blueberry!! I actually think the plain lemon ones were my favourite, but the berries add an extra flavour if you like them.

I also made a lemon glaze to pour over for an extra lemon kick!!

Recipe

Ingredients

6 egg whites
1 ¼ cups icing sugar
1 cup almond meal
½ cup plain flour
100 ml coconut oil
1tsp vanilla extract
1 cup blueberries (if desired)
zest of 1 lemon
juice of half a lemon and 50grams caster sugar to make optional lemon syrup glaze

Instructions

Heat the oven to 180C/350F
Grease a friend or muffin tin with a little oil
Whisk the egg whites and vanilla extract until frothy
Sift over the icing sugar, almond meal and flour.
Add the oil and lemon zest and berries
Mix gently to combine
Divide the mixture among the friand holes
Bake for 25 minutes
Stand in the pan for 3-4 minutes, then turn out and cool on a wire rack.
To make lemon glaze, simmer lemon juice and caster sugar on low heat until thick and syrupy – drizzle over friands whilst still warm
Dust with icing sugar to serve.