Financiers (brown-butter almond cakes)

Name: Financiers (brown-butter almond cakes)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 120 g unsalted butter; 4 egg whites; 150 g icing sugar; 60 g almond flour; 50 g all-purpose flour; 1 pinch salt

Contains egg (no meat or fish)

Financiers

Small, moist almond cakes made with egg whites and nutty brown butter, crisp at the edges and baked traditionally in little ingot shapes.

Financiers (brown-butter almond cakes) is a French cake from France, ready in about 1 hour and made with unsalted butter, egg white and almond flour. It serves 12 and is rated easy to cook.

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Prep: 15 min
Cook: 15 min
Rest: 30 min
Total: 1 h
Serves: 12
Level: Easy
Calories: 171

Ingredients

12 cakes

120 g Unsalted butter (opens in a new tab)Plus a little for the moulds.Contains milk
4 (130 g) Egg whites (opens in a new tab)About 120 g.Contains eggs
150 g Icing sugar (opens in a new tab)
60 g Almond flour (opens in a new tab)Contains tree nuts
50 g All-purpose flour (opens in a new tab)Contains wheat, gluten
1 pinch (0.5 g) Salt (opens in a new tab)

Equipment

Method

1
Step 1
Melt the butter in a light-coloured pan over medium heat and keep cooking, swirling, until it foams, smells of hazelnuts and the solids turn brown, 4–6 minutes. Pour into a bowl to stop it cooking and cool until warm.
- 6 min
- medium heat
- Saucepan (opens in a new tab)
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Step 2
Mix the icing sugar (opens in a new tab), almond flour (opens in a new tab), flour and salt. Whisk (opens in a new tab) in the egg whites (opens in a new tab) (no need to whip them), then the warm brown butter until smooth. Rest the batter 30 minutes or overnight in the fridge.
How it looks · Photo: Kampus Production on Pexels
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Step 3
Heat the oven (opens in a new tab) to 200 °C (fan 180 °C). Butter financier moulds or a mini-muffin tin (opens in a new tab) and fill three-quarters full. Bake 10–12 minutes until risen, golden and crisp at the edges.
- 12 min
- 200°C · fan 180 °C
- Muffin tin (opens in a new tab)
- Oven (opens in a new tab)

About this dish

Origin: Paris, France · Commonly attributedTheir ingot shape and name are linked to a pastry shop near the Paris stock exchange in the late 19th century.Also popular in Japan, AustraliaMore food from France
Dish: Snack · Dessert · Cakes · Sweets & confectionery
Cooking method: Oven-baked
Taste: nutty, buttery, sweet
Diet: Vegetarian (lacto-ovo) · Low-carb
All labels
Vegetarian (lacto-ovo) · Eggetarian · Pescatarian · Flexitarian-friendly · Alcohol-free · Pork-free · Beef-free · Low-carb · Low-sodium
Worked out from the ingredients. How labels work
Good for: Make-ahead
Cook more with: Unsalted butter · Egg white · Almond flour · Icing sugar · All-purpose flour
Techniques: Baking · Fermentation

Allergens

Contains: Milkfrom unsalted butter
Contains: Eggsfrom egg white
Contains: Tree nutsfrom almond flour
Contains: Wheatfrom all-purpose flour
Contains: Glutenfrom all-purpose flour

Based on typical versions of these ingredients and not verified allergen-free. Brands differ and cross-contact happens, so always check labels. For severe allergies, follow your clinician’s advice.

Nutrition

171 kcal per serving

Estimated

1 serving ≈ 43 g · recipe makes 12

Where the energy comes from

Protein 6%
Carbohydrate 38%
Fat 55%

Nutrition per serving and per 100 g
Nutrient	Per serving	Per 100 g*
Energy	171 kcal	400 kcal
Protein	2.8 g	6.5 g
Carbohydrate	16.7 g	39 g
Net carbohydrate	16.1 g	37.6 g
Sugars	12.6 g	29.4 g
Added sugars	12.3 g	28.7 g
Fibre	0.6 g	1.4 g
Fat	10.8 g	25.3 g
Saturated fat	5.3 g	12.3 g
Trans fat	—	—
Cholesterol	22 mg	50 mg
Sodium	34 mg	79 mg
Salt equivalent	0.1 g	0.2 g

Vitamins & minerals per serving

Potassium: 58 mg
Calcium: 16 mg
Iron: 0.4 mg
Magnesium: 16 mg
Vitamin A (RAE): 68 µg
Vitamin C: 0 mg
Vitamin D: 0 µg
Vitamin B12: 0 µg
Folate (DFE): 15 µg

How these numbers were made

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) per-100 g values and the listed quantities.
*Per 100 g of combined raw ingredients; the cooked dish may weigh more or less.
Almond flour: Blanched almonds; finely ground almond flour has the same composition.
“—” means the value isn’t known for enough of the ingredients; it is never zero by default.
Values are estimates for guidance, not for medical dosing. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. fdc.nal.usda.gov.

Good to know

Tips

Press a raspberry or a few blueberries into each before baking.

Storage

Keep 3 days airtight; the batter keeps 3 days in the fridge.

Original editorial recipe · FriendsPantry editorial · Not yet independently reviewed · Added 3 Nov 2026 · Updated 8 Nov 2026

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