Madeleines

Buttery, sweet, and SO. GOOD. These homemade Madeleines are made with minimal ingredients and taste absolutely delicious! The best part? These mini cakes are ready in about 30 minutes or less!

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: French

Prep Time: 25

Cook Time: 8

Servings:

Calories: 69kcal

Ingredients

1 cup pastry flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ cup granulated sugar
4 teaspoons brown sugar
1 Tablespoon honey
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 large egg yolk, room temperature
10 Tablespoons European-style salted butter, melted
powdered sugar, to finish

Instructions

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Spray molds lightly with baking spray. Set aside.
In a small bowl, sift together flour and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, egg yolk, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and honey.
With a rubber spatula, fold in flour a little at a time.
When flour is completely incorporated, fold in butter.
Continue folding gently until incorporated and batter is smooth.
Spoon 1 Tablespoon batter into each cavity of the prepared molds.
Set on a sheet pan.
Bake for 7-8 minutes, until cake springs back when lightly touched.
Cool in pans for 3-4 minutes.
Turn out.
Lightly sift powdered sugar over cakes.

Notes

If you don't have pastry flour, you can mix half all purpose flour and half cake flour.
Do not overwork this batter. You will need to gently fold the butter in small amounts, as well as fold in the butter. Do not whisk, stir, or beat.
The butter needs to be a European-Style butter, as it has a higher fat content.
Use a honey that you like the flavor of, but it shouldn't be too intense. A lighter, milder honey is a great addition to this madeleine!
Be sure to lightly spray the madeleine pan(s). We found through our testing that over spraying yielded in the madeleine not properly forming to the pan.
Don't over fill the madeleine pan! About 1 heaping Tablespoon should do it.
If you aren't sure the madeleines are done, gently poke the top of one with your finger. If the cake springs back, the cake is done. But, if your finger leaves an indention, you will need to bake for about 1-2 more minutes.
This recipe is best served fresh!

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