Chocolate Friands

Ingredients
1 cup pure icing sugar
1 cup almond meal
1/2 cup Gluten Free Plain Flour *
5 egg whites, lightly beaten
180g unsalted butter
100g dark chocolate, melted together with the butter
1 Tablespoon cocoa powder, mixed in with the flour and almond meal

Method
Heat oven to 180 C
Melt butter and chocolate together over gentle heat
Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl, add egg whites, mix together. Once ingredients are amalgamated, stir through butter and chocolate mixture.
Pour mixture into 12 patty cases in a cupcake tin or buttered friand tins
Place 2 or 3 frozen raspberries on top of the cakes.
Place tins in oven and cook for 15-20 minutes.

Notes:
Delicious eaten warm but keep well and stay moist for up to 1 week if they last that long.
Sometimes I prefer to make more smaller cakes from the same mix just put less mixture into each patty case.

* Gluten Free Plain Flour - Orgran mix available from healthfood section of the supermarket works well