Serves
8
Prep
15
mins
Cooking
20
mins
Lime & Coconut Friands
Directions
Step 1
Preheat oven to 180oC fan forced. Grease 12-hole muffin pan or 8-hole friand pan.
Step 2
Whisk egg whites in medium bowl until frothy. Add butter, almond meal, icing sugar and flour, rind, juice and desiccated coconut. Stir until combined. Place 1/4 cup of mixture into each pan hole.
Step 3
Bake for 20 minutes. Stand in pan for 5 minutes before removing and cooling.
Step 4
Using a hand mixer, beat butter, lime juice and icing sugar until light and fluffy. Coat each friand with icing (top and sides). Place coconut chips on a plate and press each iced friand into the toasted coconut chips until covered.
Tips
- Lime can be substituted with lemon or orange.
- Decorate with extra lime rind.
- Almond meal can be substituted with hazelnut or pistachio meal.
Ingredients
- 6 egg whites
- 185g butter, melted
- 1 cup almond meal
- 1 1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted
- 1/2 cup plain flour
- 1 tbs lime, finely grated
- 1 tbs lime, juice
- 1/4 cup McKenzie's Fine Desiccated Coconut
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 2 tbs lime juice
- 2 cups toasted coconut chips