Heart-Shaped Brown Butter Cakes

Brown butter cakes

Name: Brown butter cakes
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients: 100g, plus extra for the tin unsalted butter; 100g ground almonds; 100g self-raising flour; 125g soft light brown sugar; 4 large egg whites; a few drops vanilla extract

Janine Ratcliffe

Published: January 24, 2020 at 10:44 AM

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Makes 12

Easy

Total time: 30 mins

plus cooling

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Enjoy these light-as-a-feather buttery cakes, with golden chewy crust. The perfect partner for a cuppa, or an easy win for Valentine's Day!

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Complete the dish

Brown butter, in a cake? It really is as glorious as it sounds. You can make standard round versions of these brown butter cakes in a mini muffin tin, but we've used a bespoke tin to create these perfect hearts. We recommend KAISER's heart-shaped mini muffin tin, £11.99, Amazon.

Ingredients

Nutrition

100g, plus extra for the tin unsalted butter
100g ground almonds
100g self-raising flour
125g soft light brown sugar
4 large egg whites
a few drops vanilla extract

Nutrition: per serving

kcal188
fat11.2g
saturates4.7g
carbs17g
sugars10.5g
fibre1.2g
protein4.1g
salt0.1g

Method

step 1

Put the butter in a small stainless-steel pan (it’s easier to see the butter change colour in a silver pan). Heat gently, swirling the pan until the butter turns golden brown and smells nutty. Pour into a small bowl and cool a little.
step 2

Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter 12 holes of a mini-muffin tin (we used a heart-shaped one but a regular mini-muffin tin will work, too).
step 3

Mix together the ground almonds, flour and sugar with a pinch of salt, then gradually mix in the egg whites and brown butter until you have a smooth batter. Stir in the vanilla.
step 4

Divide the mixture between the muffin holes. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until risen and springy. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out and cool until just-warm.

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