Chocolate friands for afternoon tea!

One of our friends bought us back a friand tin from Aus, so that, plus scoring some imported
frozen raspberries, made for a decadent afternoon tea...

(Look what's underneath!)

Recipe for Chocolate Raspberry Friands

Makes 6

100g butter
1/2 cup white chocolate buttons
3/4 cups ground almonds
3/4 cups icing sugar
1/3 cup plain flour
2 tbsp. cocoa
6 egg whites
6 raspberries

Preheat oven to 150 C fan bake. Melt butter and chocolate together over a low heat. Combine the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add the egg whites and mix until smooth with an electric beater on low speed.  Stir in melted chocolate mixture until combined.  Fill greased friend moulds or a muffin pan and top each one with a raspberry.  Bake for 25 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean.  Cool before removing from moulds.