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| Chocolate Madeleines |
Madeleines are little shell shaped cakes/petit fours which originate from France and are the perfect tea time treat. Having never made these before I wanted a relatively simple flavour profile to work with and chocolate madeleines seemed the way forward.
I’ve read about the various techniques that needed to be utilised to create the perfect Madeleine, including resting the batter which is essential for the creation of the ‘bump’ madeleines are often associated with – seemingly this was not the case for this recipe. In fact this was probably the quickest baking experience I have had to date. The batter took literally minutes to throw together and the baking time took all of 10 minutes.
These Madeleines paired perfectly with a cuppa and disappeared in a short space of time! I am beyond chuffed that this cheap pan works just as well as one that would cost an arm and a leg and am looking forward to creating some interesting Madeleine flavours soon! Green tea perhaps..hmmm..
Chocolate Madeleines
Makes 15
Recipe from Almost Bourdain
Ingredients
2 eggs, room temp
⅓ cup caster sugar
⅓ cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp cocoa
60 g butter, melted
Method
- Pre-heat oven to180°C.
- Whisk eggs and sugar, until light and fluffy.
- Sift flour, baking powder and cocoa powder in the bowl and mix.
- Gently fold in the melted butter until incorporated.
- Spoon batter into well greased madeleine pan and bake for 10 minutes, so springy to touch.
- Dust with icing sugar, if preferred.