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Blueberry Financiers

September 25, 2022 by Raspbelyse Leave a Comment

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Serve these light vegan blueberry financiers flavoured with lime and coconut at your next afternoon tea, or as a dessert or snack for kids.

Blueberry and lime financier on a small plate with a spoon and loose blueberries next to it.

Financiers are tender cakes that are made with almond flour. They are traditionally baked in a small rectangular mould to make them look like gold bars, as you can see in my classic almond financier recipe. First created to use up leftover egg whites, this recipe is 100% vegan, and 100% delicious!

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  • 📋 Ingredients
  • 🥣 Instructions
  • 👩🏻‍🍳 Top tip
  • 🔪 Equipment
  • 🌡️ Storage
  • Recipe

📋 Ingredients

Other than almond flour, the ingredients to make vegan blueberry financiers are pretty common and should be available at your regular grocery store. I added some additional information and substitutions just in case.

6 blueberry financiers fresh out of the oven still in the tartlet pan on a baking tray.
I love the look of sprinkling shredded coconut on only the outside edge of the financiers
  • silken soft tofu, or plain vegan soy or coconut yogurt
  • powdered sugar, can also be known as confectioner's sugar or icing sugar. Don’t forget to use a bone-char-free brand
  • all-purpose flour
  • almond flour, or finely ground almonds. Try to find a product that used blanched almonds, but it will also work if the almond skins are still there. I use the Kirkland brand blanched almond flour.
  • fine sea salt, or table salt
  • baking powder and baking soda, make sure it’s fresh!
  • Vegan margarine, I use the soft kind that comes from a tub and is usually salted. I use the Crystal brand margarine. 
    • Substitution: Neutral vegetable oil (canola, peanut,  corn, etc) will work but won’t be as flavorful. Do not use coconut oil.
  • Vanilla extract. Almond extract and coconut extract would also be super tasty in this recipe
  • Medium-sized limes. lemons will also work
  • Shredded coconut, sweetened or not.

See recipe card for quantities.

Lime zest, juice, vanilla and butter being incorporated into the batter.
A microplane makes zesting the limes a breeze

Finished financier batter in a large mixing bowl with a silicone spatule and small ice cream scoop in the bowl.
2 flush small ice cream scoop of batter per tartlet tin is the perfect amount of batter

🥣 Instructions

This vegan blueberry financier recipe is very straightforward and everything is done by hand. You can have financiers ready to go in the over in about 10 minutes. 

You can find a more in-depth explication of how to make the financier batter in my almond financier blog post if you are not sure about one of the steps. Feel free to also ask me any questions you might have in the comments.

Dry ingredietns being sifted over a bowl with the whisked tofu and sugar mixture.

Sifting

The one main thing I want to point out is that the sifting of the dry ingredients is to break apart any lumps of dry ingredients, particularly almond flour. It is not to remove bigger particles.

So if your sieve has a very small mesh and the almond flour doesn’t want to go through it’s ok. Simply flatten the lumps with a silicone spatula before adding the almond flour back into the batter. An alternative is to blitz the dry ingredients in a food processor.

Blueberry financier fresh out of the oven still in the tartlet pan on a baking tray.

Baking pan alternative

Fluted tartlet pans are the only more niche kitchen equipment you might need. If you don't have them on hand, you can use a regular-sized metallic muffin pan with 12 cavities. Fill each cavity halfway through and bake for 20 to 25 minutes instead.

Releasing

Financiers are delicate almond cakes that can break if they are handled too roughly. This is why I recommend using tartlet pans with a removable bottom.

To release the financier, gently push on the bottom plate of the pan going all around until you see that the side of the financier is starting to release before pushing straight up. Then you can use a sharp knife to release the bottom plate from the blueberry lime financier.

👩🏻‍🍳 Top tip

Freeze your almond flour to keep it fresh for longer and stop it from going rancid.

5 financiers on a small baking sheet placed on a yellow stripped teatowel.

🔪 Equipment

  • Medium or large mixing bowl
  • Whisk
  • Silicone spatula
  • Large mesh sieve, or food processor to remove lumps
  • Microplane, or fine box grater. My microplane is one of my favourite tool in the kitchen and makes it extra easy to zest any citrus.
  • 10 metallic fluted tartlet pans, with removable bottoms preferably and a baking sheet
  • Baking sheet, to put the tartle pans on.
  • Small offset spatula, or the back of a spoon, to level the batter
  • Small ice cream scoop, or 2 spoons

If your baking pans are not made of metal (silicone, ceramic) you will need to adjust the bakign time. Bake until they look golde brown and a toothpic inserted in the middle comes out clean.

I highly recommend you use a digital scale and weight measurements when following my recipes as it is more accurate. The only exception is with very small quantities where I recommend using teaspoons.

A lime and blueberry vegan financier leaning on 4 stacked financiers in front of a marbled white background.

🌡️ Storage

Store the financiers in an airtight container for up to:

  • 2 days at room temperature,
  • 5 days in the refrigerator
  • 1 months in the freezer

You can also make the financier batter ahead, cover it with plastic film and press until it’s in direct contact with the batter, and refrigerate for up to 3 days before baking it.

My almond financier recipe has a longer shelf life at room temperature since it does not contain fresh fruit.

Recipe

Blueberry and lime financier on a small plate with a spoon and loose blueberries next to it.
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Vegan Blueberry & Lime Financiers

Tender lime and blueberry vegan financiers with coconut makes the perfect dessert or snack to pair with your afternoon tea.
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine French
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 10 financiers

Ingredients

Wet ingredients

  • 150 g soft silken tofu (½ cup + 1 tablespoon)
  • 130 g powdered sugar (1 cup)
  • 45 g melted margarine (3 tablespoons) + extra for buttering the pan
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (4g)
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice (15g)
  • Zest of 2 medium-sized limes

Dry ingredients

  • 80 g all-purpose flour (⅔ cup)
  • 100 g almond flour (1 cup)
  • ⅛ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda

Other

  • 150 g fresh blueberries (1 cup)
  • 50 g shredded coconut , sweetened (½ cup)

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, whisk the tofu and powdered sugar until smooth.
  • Sift together the dry ingredients to remove any lumps. Add the sifted ingredient all at once into the bowl and mix until smooth.
  • Stir the melted margarine, vanilla, lime juice and zest into the batter.
  • Place 10 metallic fluted tartlet pans with removable bottoms on a baking sheet, lightly butter the inside of the pans and preheat your oven to 350°F (180°C).
  • Divide the batter equally into the tartlet tins (about 2 flush small ice cream scoops of batter per pan) and level the batter using a small offset spatulaé Garnish the top of each financier with blueberries and some shredded coconut.
  • Bake for 22 to 26 minutes, or until golden brown. Leave the financier in the tartlet pans until they don’t feel warm to the touch before releasing them. Enjoy!
Financiers on multiple plates placed on a yellow-striped teatowel.

Did you try this lime and blueberry financier recipe?

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