Financier Cakes with Bluberries and Coconut

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I have been gluten free for about 6 weeks now and everyone keeps asking me do I feel better. Honestly Not Yet, but I am hopeful that one morning soon, I will hop out of bed like a new woman!….

The really big down side of going gluten free is the price of goods – over €4 for a loaf of bread and dont get me started on the cakes. These however are the perfect antidote to having to resort for paying through the nose for hockey pucks. Light, delicious full of flavour and really easy to make

Makes about 12

6 oz of butter
4 oz icing sugar
4 oz ground almonds
2 oz gluten free white flour mix
5 egg whites
1 tsp lime juice
Zest of 2 limes
2 oz desiccated coconut lightly toasted
3 oz blueberries
2 of Flaked coconut

Melt and brown the butter in…

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