These little Madeleines are just what you need for a quick tea-time treat for the family. Great for the kids to help you make and big kids love them too!
These little Madeleines are just what you need for a quick tea-time treat for the family. Great for the kids to help you make and big kids love them too! Made famous by Marcel Proust they are a little French classic! These little sponge cakes are best eaten on the same day, but that's not usually a problem!
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📖 Recipe
Madeleines Cookies Recipe
These little Madeleines are just what you need for a quick tea-time treat for the family. Great for the kids to help you make and big kids love them too!
Ingredients
- 6 oz of flour
- 2 eggs
- 20 g confectioners sugar
- Grated zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon of orange or lemon juice
- 6 tablespoon unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 190°C.
- Grease a 12 cup madeleine pan with a little butter
- Sift the flour and baking together and leave aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs and confectioners sugar together using a mixer if you have one. Do this for about 5 minutes until it becomes thick and creamy.
- Fold the lemon zest and the juice into the mixture.
- Gradually fold in about a quarter of the flour and a quarter of the melted butter.
- Then fold in another quarter of the flour and then another quarter of the melted butter.
- Continue folding in the flour and melted butter in quarters until it has all been mixed in.
- Leave the mixture to stand for about 10 minutes.
- Using a tablespoon, gently spoon the mixture into the madeleine tin.
- Bake in the pre-heated oven for about 12 minutes until a needle inserted in the centre comes out clean.
- Turn your cakes out onto a wire rack to cool.
- Dust with confectioners sugar.
- Your madeleines are now ready to eat!
- They are best eaten on the same day but that's not usually a problem!
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