Madeleines

I have long wanted to make madeleines.  The madeleine is a small cake originating from the northeastern region of France.  Madelines are very small sponge cakes with a distinctive shell-like shape acquired from the shape of the pan they are baked in.  I was so lucky that my sponsor Wholeport happen to have a fabulous madeline silicone baking pan.  

The madeleine baking mold was of food grade silicone and was a breeze to use and easy to clean up.  The cakes popped right out of the mold to make these delicious and beautiful tea cakes.  I was so happy with the performance of that mold!

For the recipe for the madeleines I turned to my new favorite cookbook Beach House Baking: An Endless Summer of Delicious Desserts. by pastry chef Lei Shishak.  The madeleine is a shell shaped petite cake that is perfect and light for your summer menu.

Madeleines

Ingredients

1/4 cup all-purpose flour for coating pan

3 large eggs

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

3/4 cup cake flour, sifted

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Grease the Madeleine molds with pan spray and gently sift flour evenly over the molds.

In a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whip attachment, beat the eggs, sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla on high speed for 3 minutes until thickened and yellow.  Add the flour and baking powder and mix on low speed until combined.  Remove bowl from mixer and fold in the melted butter with a rubber spatula.  

Fill each mold with the batter.  Use a mini offset spatula to spread the batter out.

Bake for 8-10 minutes or until tops are set.  Do not overbake.

*Note- I substituted the butter with canola oil.  I have a son who recently has developed a milk allergy.  The canola worked perfectly in this recipe.  I also dusted the cakes with confectioners sugar.

Here is the cake without the powdered sugar.  You can see how nicely the mold shaped them.

Recipe reprinted with permission from Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

A copy of this cookbook was provided to me for this post.

Beach House Baking is available now from Skyhorse Publishing. 

The transferware is by Johnson Brothers the pattern is Coaching Scenes.
Thank you to Wholeport.com for sponsoring this post!

  Sherry

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