Ingredients
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butter for greasing
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180g unsalted butter
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1/4 cup (40g) plain flour
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2 tablespoons cocoa powder
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1 cup (150g) icing sugar mixture
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1 cup (100g) hazelnut meal (ground hazelnuts)
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5 egg whites, lightly beaten
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Frosting or icing, to decorate
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Speckled Easter eggs, to decorate
Method
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1Preheat oven to 200°C. Lightly grease 9 x 1/2 cup (125ml) oval friand pans with butter. Melt unsalted butter in a saucepan over a medium heat until golden. Set aside.
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2Sift plain flour, cocoa powder and icing sugar mixture into a bowl. Fold in hazelnut meal. Add egg whites, with a fork and the butter.
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3Spoon the mixture into the friand pans and bake for 5 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 180°C and bake for a further 15 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool completely. Ice the friands with frosting or icing of your choice and decorate with speckled Easter eggs.
Source: taste.com.au
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