Simon Rimmer served up delicious pear and almond friands mini cakes on Sunday Brunch.

The ingredients are: 6 egg whites, 185g melted butter, 125g ground almonds, 240g icing sugar, 110g flour, 180g finely chopped, peeled pear and 25g flaked almonds.

Serve with mascarpone cheese.

See recipes by Simon in the book titled: The Sunday Brunch Cookbook: 100 of Our Super Tasty, Really Easy, Best-ever Recipes available from Amazon now.