Financier batter
This delicious mixture is for the classic little French cakes called "financiers" (because of their ingot shape), but it can also be used with fruit, like a clafoutis.
331K 4.7/5 based on 43 reviews
Last modified on: April 14th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 1 kg 500 g, you will need:
- 1
330 g egg white - 2
450 g icing sugar - 3
240 g ground almonds - 4
90 g flour - 5
375 g Noisette butter - Total weight: 1,485 grams
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Start to finish |
|---|---|
| 12 min. | 12 min. |
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Mix 330 g egg white into the flour, almonds and icing sugar mixture.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Add 375 g Noisette butter to the mixture.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Mix well.
Your financier batter is ready.
Your financier batter is ready.
Remarks
If you don't have hazelnut butter, or don't have the time to make it, use melted butter instead.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Based on a recipe by Gaston Lenôtre.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 6,558 Kcal or 27,457 Kj | 74 gr | 559 gr | 527 gr |
| 328 % | 28 % | 53 % | 80 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 442 Kcal or 1,851 Kj | 5 gr | 38 gr | 35 gr |
| 22 % | 2 % | 4 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 kg 500 g : 9.95 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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This recipe uses (among others)
 | Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Clementine Chantilly, Swiss meringues, Hazelnut and orange cake, Calissons, Croute à thé, ... All |
 | Noisette butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate madeleines, Chestnut cake, Pancake batter, Pistachio madeleines, Grapefruit moelleux, ... All |
 | Egg white: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Armagnac marzipan, Eton mess, Spicy hot toasted cashew nuts, Italian Meringue, Cigarettes Russes (Piroulines), ... All |
 | Ground almonds: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Brioche royale, Linzer torte, Apple and almond cake, Santiago Cake, Marzipan (almond paste), ... All |
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