Madeleine cakes

The madeleine or petite madeleine is a traditional small cake from the Lorraine region in North Eastern France. Madeleines are very small sponge cakes with a shell-like shape. The flavour is similar, but lighter than sponge cake. Traditional recipes include very finely ground nuts, usually almonds. This recipe has fragrant rich virgin Almond Oil replacing…

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Madeleine cakes

My mother used to bake this simple, but tasty Madeleine for a treat. Madeleine is often baked in sea shell shaped baking tin, but you can just use your fairy cake or muffin tin. The richness of this cake comes from the equal amount of butter to flour, and this is the unique Madeleine character.…

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