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A financier is a petite French cake that is light, moist and not too sweet. The lovely flavor is derived from the addition of brown butter and almond flour. To make the flour, sliced almonds are ...

Almond-Brown Butter Financiers (Financiers aux Amandes et au Beurre Noisette) Makes 15 financiers. Recipe is reprinted with permission from “French Desserts” by Hillary Davis (Gibbs Smith, September ...

Financiers are petite French, cake-like pastries that are light, moist, and not overly sweet. The lovely flavor is derived from the addition of brown butter and almond flour. Adding a final flourish ...

Paris’s Left Bank is brimming with sweets, including the financiers that inspired this elegant and easygoing dessert. By Dorie Greenspan For the past 25 years, my husband, Michael, and I have lived in ...