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A CAKE OF REAL GOLD UN GTEAU EN
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N A V I G A T I O NN A V I G A T I O N
A R C H I V E SA R C H I V E S
A B O U T B AA B O U T B A
M Y B O O K M Y B O O K
T W I T T E RT W I T T E R
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OR, DU VRAI
Ju ne 2 1, 2 0 0 6 by Ba
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Blaze : Monseignor, il est lor, lor de se rveiller.
Don Salluste : Il en manque une !
B. : Vous tes sor ?
D.S. : Tout fait sor !
Blaze: Sir, it is time, time to w ake up.
Don Salluste: One is missing!
B.: Are you sure?
D.S.: Totally sure!(dialogue between Blaze (Y ves Montand) and Don Salluste de Bazan (Louis de
Funs) as Blaze tries to wake Don Salluste up by moving gold coins in his hands)
There are those language puns that I just wish I could translate but non,cela ne
marche pas! (It just does not work). Unless you speak French or have seen the
French classical hilarious comedyLa folie des grandeurs featuring Louis de Funs and
Yves Montand, you have no clue what I am talking about! Lets say thatand to
make it short because I am quite bad at telling movie stories without adding more
confusion, I am talking about de lor(gold) becauseDon Salluste was obsessed with
gold. So as Blaze moves the gold coins in his hands to produce noise in order to wake
Don Salluste up, his words are punctuated with the word or, which replace syllabes in
his words. He says:Il est lor instead ofIl est lheure (It is time). The language pun
lies just right there!Monsignorinstead ofMonseigneur, sorinstead ofsr. I think
you better see the movie before I ruin it all, even if you have nev er heard about it
before. It is truly a French cult movie I watched over and over again while growing
up.
As to us,Il est lordu th, and I bet you had no idea that Tea Time could make y ou
rich today.
Financiers:Mes lingots dor Bars of Gold
Every time it is the same old story. I am convinced that I am safe and have a favorite
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cake that I can bake when ideas are failing me. These days, the truth is that I cannot
think straight because of the heat wave we live in. It is almost as if my neurones had
escaped from my head to go on a vacation who-knows-where . Did God or whoever
created this world really believe that humans and animals would enjoy living in hot
humid weather? So here I am again, talking about the weather more than is healthy.
In countries where people wake up with the same looking sky every day, they dont
even notice the weather anymore. Cest vrai! It is true. My cousins husband from
Nigeria onced told me so. After living in England for y ears, ev ery time he would go
back to Nigeria and talk about the weather with his friends, they would look at himwith a weird puzzled look on their face, a Whats up with him?kind of look. But I
discovered a new baby cake.
Financiers have always intrigued me. It has to do with their shape, the almond and
nutty taste, and the fact that they are small individual cakes, mini-versions of bigger
cakes. You can find big financiers but small is what attracts me to them. Not that I do
not want to get richer! But why call themfinanciers?and I think you will
understand finance, the root of this word easily. What is the point of that? When I
asked P. what his thought was, he simply replied: Ah mais cest la forme. Cest
comme un lingot dor! Really? They are likebars of gold? Why did I not think
about that? Of course, as my neurones are gone with the heat, this thought could just
not have crossed my mind! Or I just think differently, and what should be obvious to
me just flies above my head. The heat, I tell you.
Financiers are traditional French cakes which base ingredients are a combination of
white eggs , nutty butter (beurre noisette) and almond powder (called also
almond flour, in French,poudre damandes). The shape of the cake is usually
rectangular although it is possible to find ovalfinanciers as well. Enough to convince
you that they are just lovely little cakes?
Whether it is hot or cold, we drink a lot of tea at home. P.s family background taught
me that with tea should always come biscuits, cake or cookies. Does every Irish family
do this? A cup of tea? A biscuit anyone?Luckily, we do not eat something with
every cup of tea we gulp down, otherwise we would just., well we simply dont sothere is no sinon.
I decided to make a batch with two different flavors of financiers and test the tex ture
a bit. One with Matcha green tea, the other one with a red fruit. But the flavors
are endless! The results obtained were a moist nutty texture. As to which one I
preferred, well lets see, which one was the heaviest in gold? In any case, they make
you both repus, that is food happy! Enough to make many people happy.
La joie du ventre, cest toute la richesse du monde ! (The joy of the stomach is all the
richness of the world).
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Red Fruit Financiers
(for 8 financiers)
(I used strawberries)
You need:
4 white eggs (at room temperature)
1 cup almond powder not packed (or 3.6 oz)
3 Tbsp hazelnut powder
1/2 cup + 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
9 Tbsp butter
1 +1/2 cup + 4 Tbsp (or 6.5 oz) confectioners sugar8 fresh strawberries (or 16 raspberries)
Steps:
Use a sieve to sift the flour and sugar before mixing them together.
Add the almond and hazelnut powders to the dry preparation.
Melt the butter in a pot and cook for 2 mns after boiling point, so that it has a
nice nutty flavor(called then a beurre noisette), and let it cool down to room
temperature.
Filter the butter
Add it to the preparation and mix well.
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Beat the egg whites until foamy but not firm.
Add and mix well to get a st icky batter.
Let the batter rest for a few hours before dividing it between 8 small greased
and floured individual financier molds*.
Wash the strawberries and slice them in halves. Place 2 halves in each cake,
pressing the fruit down a bit.
Preheat your oven at 350 F and bake the financiers for about 15 to 20 mns.
Check whether they are cooked through. Remove from the oven and let them
cool down for a few mns before unmoulding.
*Note: there are special molds for financiers (4.5 x 2.5 x 1 .25). Mine
are metallic ones. I bought them at Sur la table.
Matcha Tea Financiers
(for 8 financiers)
You need:
4 white eggs (at room temperature)
1 cup + 3 Tbsp almond powder
9 oz butter
1 +1/2 cup + 4 Tbsp (or 6.5 oz) confectioners sugar
2 tsp Matcha green tea
1/2 cup + 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour
Steps:
Follow the same steps with the variations that follow.
Add the Matcha tea to the dry preparation, that is theflour/sugar/almond
powdermixed together. Then proceed in the same way.
The step with the red fruit is omitted of course.
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Le coin franais
Les financiers aux fruits rouges
(Pour 8 financiers)
(Jai utilis des fraises)
Ingrdients :
4 blancs doeuf ( temprature ambiante)
100 g poudre damandes
20 g poudre de noisette
80 g farine
125 g beurre
180 g sucre glace
8 fraises (ou 16 framboises)
tapes :
Tamisez la farine et le sucre avant de les mlanger ensemble.
Ajoutez la poudre damande et de noisette cet te prparation sche.
Faites fondre le beurre dans une casserole et amenez bullition, pour faire
cuire pendant environ 2 mns. Vous obtenez un beurre noisette. Laissez-le
refroidir pour quil soit temprature ambiante.
Filtrez-le et ajoutez-le la prparation. Mlangez bien.
Battez vos blancs doeuf pour quils soient mousseux mais pas fermes.
Ajoutez-les votre prparation et mlangez bien.
Laissez la pte reposer pendant quelques heures avant de la diviser entre 8
moules financier* graisss et farins.
Lavez vos fraises et coupez-les en 2. Enfoncez deux moitis dans chaque petit
gteau.
Prchauffez votre four 180 C et cuisez les financiers pendant 15 20 mns.
Sortez-les du four et laissez-les reposer pendant quelques minutes avant de
les dmouler.
*Remarque : il existe bien sr des moules financiers (11 x 7 x 3 cm).
Les miens sont mtalliques.
Les financiers au th vert
(Pour 8 financiers)
Ingrdients :
4 blancs doeuf ( temprature ambiante)
120 g poudre damande
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Liza
at 3:50 pm
Jun. 21, '06
Ah Ah, je vois que tu es passe lacte pour les moules financiers
Sage rsolution ! Th vert+fraises, a a lair divin. De lor, cest sor !
bate
at 3:50 pm
Jun. 21, '06
mmmmh tout a toujours lair si bon ici et quelle bonne ide denfoncer
les fruits !
fiordizucca
at 5:14 pm
Jun. 21, '06
oh! another matcha addicted like me! well done, it looks delicious!
mmm, Im coming over with some coffee
125 g beurre
180 g sucre glace
2 cc de th vert Matcha
80 g farine
tapes :
Suivez les mmes tapes avec les variantes qui suivent.
Ajoutez le th vert Matcha la prparation sche, cest dire la
farine/sucre/poudre damandes mlange. Puis procdez de la mme faon.
Omettez bien sr ltape avec les fraises.
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Kat
at 6:14 pm
Jun. 21, '06
Geneve
at 7:27 pm
Jun. 21, '06
Yum, these look so moist and delicious!
Framboise
at 8:24 pm
Jun. 21, '06
L tu me prends par les sentiments les financiers,yummyyyyyyyyyyy !
laura @ cucina
testa rossa
at 1:38 am
Jun. 22, '06
bravo! these are beautiful, as is your entire site! formidable!
Ellie
at 3:02 am
Jun. 22, '06
Oh c est trs trs joli!
Audrey
at 3:04 am
Jun. 22, '06
ummm ca a lair trop bien!!
Ester
at 3:08 am
Jun. 22, '06
Dans le mme ordre dide, jai fait un jour des financiers loseille,
juste pour le jeu de mots. Et bien ctait trs bon !!! Bravo pour ce joli
moment de culture et de gourmandise
flo
at 3:14 am
Jun. 22, '06
JadORe ce film, que jai vu et revu pendant toute mon enfance!
En attendant , je tai dja dit que tes photos taient chouettes? Cest
superbe, comme dhabitude!
Vroumette
at 3:48 am
Jun. 22, '06
Mais que cest beau. Je ne connaissais pas ton site, mais quelle merveille
que ces recettes (et en plus elles semblent tre ma porte pour la nulle
en cuisine que je suis!).
Men vais de ce pas imprimer de ci de l quelques recettes qui mont lair
fort allchantes. Je ne manquerai pas de mettre des photos de mes
tentatives pour que tu constates (si oui ou zut), jy suis parvenue.
MarieT
at 5:08 am
Jun. 22, '06
Oh la la, ce quils sont beaux tes financiers. Cest peut tre la recette qui
va me faire acheter les moules. Ben oui, je les ai pas encore !
100g de sucre..
at 5:12 am
Jun. 22, '06
OHHHHHHHH les 2 versions sont MAGNIFIQUES !! waooooooooo et les
photos donnent envie de lcher lcran ! NAN NAN du calmeeeeeeeeee!
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Alhya
at 5:51 am
Jun. 22, '06
superbe!! comme toujours, je prends les 2
iamchanelle
at 8:23 am
Jun. 22, '06
SO pretty! i love how you take an everyday thing and make it into
something so new and lovely. the strawberry financiers seem wonderful!
and that hot weather? helps us appreciate the refreshment of a cool
breeze all the more. perhaps a providential lesson?
David
at 8:24 am
Jun. 22, '06
Another theory is that financiers got their name because people who work
in the financial world, when they have their goter, they need to eat
something that isnt messy. To keep their suits neat!
Gracianne
at 8:34 am
Jun. 22, '06
Je te trouve bien courageuse dessayer de traduire des jeux de mots, jai
renonce depuis longtemps, cest l exercice le plus difficile qui soit.
Par contre tes financiers parlent un langage universel aux gourmands du
monde qui te lisent.
Natalie
at 8:49 am
Jun. 22, '06
I bet theyd be good with a nice cup of hot cocoa too. Yum.
Lilo
at 10:23 am
Jun. 22, '06
excellente ide que de comparer les financiers au th vert avec des lingots
dor
Claire emmaat 11:31 am
Jun. 22, '06
wonderful! I want my weight in gold
Cocopassions
at 1:46 pm
Jun. 22, '06
Tout est bon, c est comme dans le cochon !
Caterine
at 4:26 pm
Jun. 22, '06
Tentants, trs tentants! Jai essay la soupe la roquette un dlice!
Ivonne
at 7:06 pm
Jun. 22, '06
Hello Bea!
I have always wanted to make financiers but never have. I loved the story
of the movie that you told! While my French is not so good Im sure it
must be very funny.
We are experiencing our own heat wave here in Toronto so I understand
how you feel. Although I admire you in turning on the oven!
Ba
at 8:40 pm
Liza, oui ca y est, je me suis lancee! Cest en or!
Beate, merci!
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Jun. 22, '06
Francesca indeed, and your Matcha tea ideas abund!
Kat, not a problem, hurry!
Geneve, thanks!
Framboise, ah ben avec une gourmande comme toi, cest facile dis!
Laura, thanks for your nice note!
Ellie et Audrey, merci a toutes les deux!
Ester, wouah, quelle superbe idee. Et alors, ils etaient donc sales?
Flo, ah oui ce film, je viens dailleurs de le commander sur Netflix (si tu
connais, un systeme de films qui remplacent les videos!) Merci a toi!
Vroumette, merci de tetre arretee. Curieuse de voir tes realisations, je
suis sure que tu es bien modeste!
Marie, tout a fait, une des meilleures excuses pour te lancer! vas-y!
100g de sucre, ahaha;-)
Alhya, gourmande, va!
imachanelle, thanks my dear. Yes this weather indeed.it s lows thingsdown, so not that bad for me in many ways!
David, ah interesting. I like this one! It makes sense!
Gracianne, oui courageuse ou optimis te! Ah oui le langage des
gourmands est universel, thank god!
Natalie, sweet idea!
Lilo, cest vrai que ca ressemble, pas vrai ?
Claire, alors ca fait combien ?
Cocopassions, ah ah, merci!
Caterine, je suis ravie que cela tait plu! Yeah!
Ivonne, get the movie and watch it. It is hilarious!
Fabienne
at 3:01 am
Jun. 23, '06
oh, l l i miss a lot of gorgeous things
Tanna
at 5:53 am
Jun. 23, '06
The joy of the stomach is all the richness of the world.
Oh, Ba I am so glad I read your blog. I simply love the way you write. I
certainly am going to try to find the movie! The tea cakes look lovely and I
need another use for my almond flour!!!
Heat is never kind. Fun about the Nigeria part of the story but yes some
places are about always the same for weather.
astridcmoi
at 6:43 am
Jun. 23, '06
cest amusant je viens voir ton site tous les jours et l je ntais pas venu
depuis quelques jours je regarde aujourdhui et je vois que nous avons eu
la mme envie de financiers, pas aux mmes parfums, comme quoi les
envies gourmandes dpassent les frontires.
Vanessa
that peeping berry is absolutely beautiful. and the colour of the green just
seeping through the cake is fantastic. i love teeny cakes and yours are no
exception.
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at 4:20 pm
Jun. 23, '06
Marie-Luce
at 2:37 am
Jun. 24, '06
Je suis fan de ton blog que je suis trs rgulirement mais je navais
jamais post Je viens dessayer la recette avec des framboises
surgeles et ces financiers sont vraiment dlicieux ! Le petit got noisette
est divin ! Jen ai fait la moiti seulement avec des framboises parce que la
dernire fois que javais essay a avait dtremp la pte mais avec cette
recette ctait parfait, ils ont gard une bonne tenue et ils sont encore
meilleurs que les natures. Un grand merci pour tes recettes originales et
dlicieuses et surtout pour ces photos magnifiques qui me font rver !
Ba
at 8:04 am
Jun. 24, '06
Fabienne, il vaut mieux tard que jamais
Tanna, thanks for your kind words! Very appreciated!
Astrid, je vais de ce pas les voir!
Vanessa, thanks so much! Small is nice, isnt it?
Marie-Luce, ah super! Jen suis tres heureuse! Merci de me le faire savoir,
ca fait plaisir!
Ester
at 5:12 am
Jun. 28, '06
Non, non, des financiers sucrs !!! Je tenvoie la recette !!! Top avec de la
faisselle !
Latifa
at 5:14 am
Jul. 4, '06
Looks delicious. I will try the matcha flavour. i really would like to see
matcha flavoured baked goods on your blog.
christine choc
at 3:42 pm
Nov. 4, '06
Je pense que les financiers sont effectivement meilleurs dans des moules
spciaux et moins pais que ceux que vous avez utiliss car de ce fait, ils
sont plus croustillants sur les bords, cest un dtail mais qui, mon avis,
fait la diffrence.
Anne
at 1:02 pm
May. 9, '07
Salut Ba! I made those amazing financiers today, but they turned out
way too dry inside Any idea what could have gone wrong? I think my
oven is really bad (I live in a student house), and that I should have baked
the for only 12 minutes instead of 18 Any t ips?
Ba
at 1:27 am
May. 11, '07
Anne,
I wish I could help. So sorry first that they turned out too dry. Did you
make the fruit or green tea ones? It is true that oven temp can matter.
Also, one key step in making financier is about how you add the melted
butter (need to mix well until well incorporated).
Do you think that your oven is higher than usual?
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ChrisBliss
at 2:08 am
Jul. 23, '07
WOW! What a great Blog you got here Bea! I will place you s traight on my
Blogroll and keep reading your Blog!
Kind Regards from Dubai.
ChrisBliss
John Hough
at 8:16 pm
Nov. 4, '07
Hi Bea,
Enjoy your sit e, we are a genuine French cafe/
bakery in New Zealand, and thought you might be interested to know that
the name financier is said to derive from the traditional rectangular mold,
which resembles a bar of gold. Another theory says that the cake became
popular in the financial district of Paris surrounding La Bourse du
Commerce (the former name of the Paris stock exchange).
We serve them topped with whipped cream, berries, or other fruit, and
served accompanied by ice cream or other frozen confections.
Merci
Marina
at 9:53 pm
Aug. 27, '11
I made the red fruit financiers with raspberries yesterday, and they turned
out great! The proportions in this recipe are perfect, and the cakes are very
easy to make. The taste is heavenly, very almond-y, and the texture is
awesome: soft and nicely moist in the middle, and crunchy, a bit chewy
on the edges. The berries are a nice touch, they make the financiers look
so cute and sophisticated, and are a nice contrast to the sweet sugary
cake. The only problem was that my new silicone financier molds were
very shallow (I couldnt find deeper metallic ones), so my financiers are a
bit flatter than yours! My husband (who is French!) loved them too! Will
definitely make the green tea ones in the near future! Thanks!
jonathan
at 1:19 pm
Nov. 22, '11
the recipes look delicious!! and i defetenly try them
but how do i use the matcha tea?? is it a powder??
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