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Florentines with Vanilla Buttercream
Photo: Sorin Gheorghita

Florentines with Vanilla Buttercream

12 ingredients 15 min + 10 min 9 openrecipes
Florentines with Vanilla Buttercream

These cakes/cookies are nutty, lacy, crisp and deceptively simple to make. You really don’t have to be a baker to make these. The hardest part is making the buttercream.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

927
Calories
26g
Protein
40g
Fat
117g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pistachio 1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels) 159
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Syrup not in our table 0
Hazelnut not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 100 grams FOR THE CARAMEL:
  • 100 grams Salted Butter
  • 1 Tablespoon Sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons All-purpose Flour
  • 1 Tablespoon Whipping Cream
  • 50 grams Thick Dark Syrup
  • 25 grams FOR THE NUTS:
  • 50 grams Chopped Hazelnuts
  • 2 Tablespoons Chopped Shelled Pistachios
  • 150 grams Sliced Almonds
  • ½ teaspoons FOR THE BUTTERCREAM:
  • 100 grams Pasteurized Egg Whites

Directions

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By tastykitchen · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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