Vegan Blackberry and Orange Friands

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These vegan blackberry and orange friands are light, buttery and bursting with juicy blackberries and fresh citrus. Made with aquafaba and ground almonds, they're the perfect bake for blackberry season and afternoon tea.

Prep Time20

Cook Time25

Total Time45

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: French

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Keyword: aquafaba, blackberry, caster sugar, flaked almonds, ground almonds, icing sugar, orange, vegan butter

Servings: friands

Calories: 269.39kcal

Equipment

Friand tin (or a shallow muffin tin)
mixing bowls
Electric whisk or hand mixer
Silicone pastry brush
Citrus zester
Juicer
small saucepan
Cooling rack

Ingredients

For the friands

70 g vegan butter melted, plus 5g for greasing
100 g self-raising flour plus extra for dusting
175 g ground almonds
200 g icing sugar
2 oranges zest only
200 ml aquafaba
150 g blackberries fresh or frozen
4 tablespoon flaked almonds

For the syrup

1 orange juice only
3 tablespoon caster sugar

Instructions

Heat the oven to 200C / 400F / gas mark 6.
Brush the inside of a friand tray with the melted vegan butter and lightly dust with flour.
In a large bowl, mix together the self-raising flour, ground almonds, icing sugar and orange zest.
If the blackberries are large, chop all but 12 into smaller pieces and stir them into the dry ingredients. Leave smaller berries whole.
In another bowl, whisk the aquafaba until frothy.
Fold the aquafaba into the dry ingredients, then stir in the melted vegan butter until the batter is smooth.
Divide the mixture evenly between the friand moulds.
Top each friand with one blackberry and a sprinkling of flaked almonds.
Bake for 20–25 minutes, or until golden and springy to the touch.
Meanwhile, place the orange juice and caster sugar into a saucepan. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for a few minutes until lightly syrupy.
Spoon the warm syrup over the freshly baked friands and leave to cool completely before serving.

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