Madeleines
Madeleines are traditional small French cakes baked in special, clam-shaped molds. There are several different stories about the origin of these cakes, but the first recorded recipes for Madeleines date back to the 18th century.
Sometimes almond flour is used in the dough, and Madeleines are often made with lemon or orange flavors. The thing about madeleines is that if you don’t finish them all and they are left out, they will dry out and can be eaten like regular cookies.

Preparation time: 45 minutes
Level: Easy
Quantity: 30 Madeleines
Ingredients:
135 g room-temperature butter
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
3 medium eggs
125 g sugar
25 g honey
A pinch of sea salt
150 g flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Zest of one lemon
Butter and flour for greasing the molds
Icing sugar for decorating the Madeleines
Preparation:
- Beat the butter, sugar, and vanilla sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the eggs one by one and whisk until smooth.
- Add the sea salt, honey, baking powder, finely grated lemon zest and flour.
- Mix until smooth. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C.
- Grease the madeleine molds with butter and sprinkle with flour. Shake off any loose flour.
- Transfer the prepared madeleine dough to a pastry bag and fill the mold 2/3 full with dough. Do not put more dough in the molds; otherwise, they will overflow and the madeleines will stick together.
- Bake for 8 minutes in the oven.
- Transfer the madeleines to a plate covered with baking paper. Do not transfer them to the plate without covering it with paper – the madeleines will stick to the bottom of the plate when they are warm.
- Before filling each mold, wash the mold clean, dry it, and cover it with butter and flour again.
Sprinkle the cooled Madeleines with powdered sugar.
Ready!!
























