Name: Green Tea Financier Hearts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 50 grams plain flour; 5 grams cornflour; 10 grams green tea powder; 4 egg whites; 130 grams caster sugar; 50 grams ground almonds; Pinch of salt; 130 grams unsalted butter

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Green tea financier hearts are an easy matcha cake recipe. Moist and buttery with a lovely almond taste.

I will admit I am not into the commercialism of Valentine's Day. If you want to buy me roses, then please do any other day of the year, don't waste your money on the 14th February. Even though I don't celebrate in a commercial way, in other words, paying big bucks for flowers, chocolates etc, I do like to play with the 'Valentine' concept in the kitchen.

Last year I made Robots bearing hearts biscuits. So cute and quirky, who doesn't love a robot with a love heart, all together now, aawwwwe.

This year I wanted to play with my new small love hearts cake tin. Very cute and picked up at a steal. With a nice supply of green tea powder from a recent visit to Tokyo Mart, leftover almond meal from Christmas baking, financiers (or friands) seemed a logical baking move on my part.

These Green tea financier hearts are inspired by one of my favourite cook books, Okashi by Keiko Ishida. A sweet treat recipe book, but for all you pet owners, as Keiko has a section of pet treat recipes. Keiko is a dog lover and owns a gorgeous Golden Retriever called Cookie, how appropriate is the name!

If you are after a chocolate Valentine dessert, do check out my Chocolate Valentine Heart Tarts!

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Green Tea Financier Hearts

Recipe Author: Sara McCleary

Gorgeous green tea financiers hearts for Valentine's Day. Very easy to make.

4.50 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Course Baking

Cuisine French

Servings 6

Calories 335 kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat oven to 220 degrees C. Lightly grease your desired cake/friand tin.
Place butter in a small saucepan, stir constantly until it browns and is nutty in fragrance. Set aside to cool.
Into a medium bowl sift flour, cornflour, green tea powder and almond meal. Add caster sugar and salt.
In another medium blow beat egg whites until soft peaks form.
Gently mix egg whites in to your dry ingredients. Mix until just combined. The stir through the browned butter.
Fill your tins and cook for around 10 - 15 minutes until just golden. Remove from tins and cool on racks.
Financiers will keep for 5 days in an air-tight container, they can also be frozen.

Oven Temperatures

All oven temperatures are fan forced.

Measurement Notes

All measurements are Australian metric standard. All measures are level, and cups are lightly packed unless specified. 1 teaspoon = 5ml / 1 tablespoon = 20mls / 1 cup = 250ml /4 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

The recipe's nutritional information is an approximation based on an online calculator. It is meant solely for reference purposes. If you're looking for precise details, be sure to double-check with your own research.

Calories: 335kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 5gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 46mgSodium: 36mgPotassium: 41mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 625IUCalcium: 23mgIron: 1mg

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Sara xxx