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{{Short description|Small almond cake}}
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| main_ingredient  = [[Beurre noisette]]; [[almond flour]], [[egg white]]s, [[sugar]]
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A '''friand''' is a small almond cake, popular in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], closely related to the French [[financier (cake)|financier]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Allen|first=Rachel|title=Cake: 200 fabulous foolproof baking recipes|year=2012|publisher=HarperCollins UK|isbn=9780007490868|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYmIr8MCmekC&pg=PT90|quote=A friand is a type of cake that is very popular down under in both New Zealand and Australia.}}</ref>

The principal ingredients are [[almond flour]], [[egg white]]s, [[butter]], and [[powdered sugar]]. A friand typically has additional flavorings such as [[coconut]], [[chocolate]], [[fruit]], and [[Nut (fruit)|nuts]]. It is baked in small moulds, typically oval or [[wiktionary:barquette mould|barquette]] in shape. French financiers do not have additional flavorings.<ref>''The Essential Baking Cookbook'' (Murdoch Books, 2004), 32, [https://books.google.com/books?id=T3dExi65_N4C&pg=PA32& available online], accessed August 29, 2012</ref><ref>Gordana Trifunovic, ''Kitchen Classics: Picnic Hamper'' (Murdoch Books, 2007), 224, [https://books.google.com/books?id=hKL9T0Qp9f4C&pg=PA224& available online], accessed August 30, 2012</ref>

In French, a [[:fr:friand|''friand'']], which literally means 'a tasty item' or 'something delicious', generally refers to sausage, cheese, herbs or other stuffing baked in [[puff pastry]].<ref>Prosper Montagné and Charlotte Snyder Turgeon, ''The New Larousse Gastronomique: The Encyclopedia of Food, Wine & Cookery'' (Crown Publishers, 1997), 831</ref> The word is not generally used to refer to an almond cake. See [[wiktionary:friand|the wiktionary entry for ''friand'']].

[[Image:Friand 2.jpg|thumb|A ham and cheese ''friand'']]

== See also ==

* [[List of almond dishes]]

==References==
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{{Australian cuisine}}
{{Nut confections}}

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