Friands are a popular cake in Australia and which uses the same recipe as that for a "financier" in France. But instead of being baked in traditional bars, friands are baked in metal aspic moulds to give them a lovely oval shape with a flower embossed at the bottom of the cake. This recipe uses the forced rhubarb which has a very short season, so I like to use it as much as I can when it is available.

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