Recipe Review - Financier Style Vanilla Bean Pound Cakes

 Moist and addictive, these little two-bite pound cakes are delicious and very easy to put together, but there were a couple of things about the recipe that puzzled me.  First, the recipe calls for 3/8 teaspoon of baking powder - such an odd amount.  Second, the recipe is scaled to make 10 financiers, but the financier mold only makes 9 cakes.  Rather than throw the extra batter away, I divided the batter into 9 portions instead of 10, which caused the little cakes to dome up a bit above the top of the mold, so I cut the domed tops off and turned the little cakes upside down.  Overall, we liked the flavor and texture, and really appreciated the moistness compared to last weeks slightly dry chocolate velvet fudge cake.

Most of the recipes featured by The Heavenly Cake Bakers are not shared online, but they can be found in the book Rose's Heavenly Cakes by Rose Levy Beranbaum.  

PS - I tried to post a photo of the silicone financier pan, but I couldn't get it to post right side up.  You can see it on this Baby Chocolate Oblivions post if you're interested.