Blueberry, Lime & Coconut Friands (Easy Small‑Batch Recipe)

If you love light, tender little cakes with crisp, buttery edges and bright, fruity flavours, these Blueberry, Lime & Coconut Friands are about to become a new favourite. Inspired by classic Australian friands and made with ground almonds, coconut, fresh lime zest, and juicy blueberries, they bake up into irresistibly pretty little treats that are perfect for teatime or sharing with friends. This small‑batch recipe makes just nine friands — ideal for smaller households — and they’re wonderfully simple to prepare, even if you don’t have a friand pan. One bite of their delicate crumb and subtle macaroon‑like chew, and you’ll understand why they’re impossible to resist. I fell in love with Friands a number of years ago when I discovered a fabulous recipe in the cookbook entitled What Katie Ate. It is the single recipe which inspired me to want to buy her cookbook, and I have to say, I fell in love at first bite!! This recipe today I am showing is inspired by one I found in the Hamlyn…