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Title: Florentines
Post by: achookwoman on July 25, 2014, 11:43:19 am
I have been wanting to make Florentines for years.  When I saw Annabelle Whites name on this recipe,  I knew this was the one.  I hate it when I see cornflakes in shop bought Florentines,  these are the real deal with flaked Almonds.
I tripled the recipe,  but will publish the original amounts.  The one in the photo was baked in a muffin top tray,  lined with silicon.

Ingredients
70g butter
75 g sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons of sour cream
25 g mixed peel
50 g currants or sultanas
110 g sliced almonds
10 glazed cherries,  sliced into quarters
4 knobs of preserved ginger,  sliced into thin pieces
1 cup of chocolate buttons.

Method

Set oven 180 o C

Weigh butter and sugar into TMX bowl and dissolve sugar,  100 / speed 3 / 6 minutes. You will not need 6 minutes if you make the original recipe.  Stop the machine once the mixture is creamy.
Add remaining ingredients,  except for Cherries and Chocolate.
Set REVERSE, mix on speed 1 for 5 seconds.
Tip into bowl and fold gently so that all almonds are well coated.

These are best baked in silicon cup cake containers or containers lined with silicon sheets.
They are baked and left to cool in the containers.  Then removed. And the chocolate added to the back.
The Florentine in the photo was baked in a muffin top tray.
The cherries were added just prior to placing in the oven.
Annabelle's instructions are for cup cake size Florentines.  A tablespoon on the mixture is placed in each cup cake and pushed down with your fingers.


Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly brown.








Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: achookwoman on July 25, 2014, 11:45:00 am
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Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: trudy on July 25, 2014, 11:58:33 am
Yum Chookie!!
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: achookwoman on July 25, 2014, 12:00:22 pm
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Three sizes.  Large one in Muffin top tray.
Middle one in cup cake silicon cup.
Small one in cake pop tray.
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: EmeraldSue on July 25, 2014, 12:05:59 pm
I think your computer has the hiccups.
These look lovely - my mum loves Florentines. :)
I'll have to make them for her
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: cookie1 on July 25, 2014, 12:25:09 pm
Thank you for this recipe Chookie. I will be making them.
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: Cornish Cream on July 25, 2014, 12:27:20 pm
I think the one made in the muffin top tray is my favourite,more to eat ;) ;D
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: judydawn on July 25, 2014, 12:27:57 pm
I'm the opposite CC, the small one is just the right size for me  ;D
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: Katiej on July 25, 2014, 12:46:31 pm
They look lovely.
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: Kimmyh on July 25, 2014, 01:37:20 pm
Beautiful chookie.
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: meganjane on July 25, 2014, 03:01:25 pm
Oh yum! Thank you. I also won't make them or eat them if they have cornflakes in them.
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: achookwoman on July 25, 2014, 08:58:45 pm
MJ,  glad I am not the only one who is picky about my Florentines.   
I added the ginger , it wasn't in the original recipe but can remember it was in the Continental ones we used to buy in St Kilda.
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: Wonder on July 25, 2014, 09:57:40 pm
Chookie i'm the same and only eat the traditional ones. I think the almonds make them more filling so you only need a small one. i'm going to add these to my list to try. do you need to cooke them in muffin type trays or could you do them on a flat cookie tray? thanks for the recipe, when i saw you mention making them i was hoping you would post the recipe as i knew it would be a good one.
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: achookwoman on July 25, 2014, 11:45:30 pm
Wonder, you could cook them on an ordinary try.  It is important that the tray is lined with silicon.  Baking paper won't do. The sugar and butter Caramalised, like taffy.   I think the idea behind the muffin or cup cake cases is to contain the liquid as it bubbles in the oven.  If you bake them on a flat tray you could add another 10/20 g of Almonds.
You might not need 6 minutes to dissolve the sugar.  This is what I needed for triple the recipe. 
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: JulieO on July 26, 2014, 12:20:42 am
can remember it was in the Continental ones we used to buy in St Kilda.

Chookie, we just recently had one from a cake shop in Acland St St Kilda and it was soo good. Will be making this recipe at some stage.  (I like the bigger one too!)  ;D
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: Wonder on July 26, 2014, 01:43:21 am
Thanks Chookie, i might do them in my silicon cupcake molds in that case.
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: cookie1 on May 29, 2019, 10:20:45 am
I’ve been meaning to make these for a very long time. At last I did it.
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: judydawn on May 29, 2019, 10:33:09 am
It looks like a great recipe from the photos. 
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: achookwoman on May 29, 2019, 11:52:30 am
Love these. Sometimes buy one when we are out for Coffee.   However many have cornflakes instead of flaked almonds
Title: Re: Florentines
Post by: cookie1 on May 30, 2019, 02:26:11 am
My belated photo. Tapatalk wasn’t friendly yesterday. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190530/6da5c011159bed7a129ca5d7d0097ba3.jpg)


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