What is a madeleine?
Madeleines are small French cakes (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) in the shape of a shell, often eaten with a coffee (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) in the morning or for afternoon tea (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.). They are believed to have come from Commercy in Lorraine in the late 18th Century.
A young (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) maid followed her grandmother's recipe and baked the cakes for King Stanislas at Commercy Castle (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.).
How do you make madeleines?
You will need:
- 2 eggs (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.)
- 100g caster sugar (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.)
- 100g plain flour (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.)
- juice and zest of 1 lemon (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.)
- ‎¾‎ tsp of baking powder (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.)
- 100g butter (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.), melted
You will need a baking tray. If you don't have a shell-shaped tray, use a standard cupcake baking tray instead.
Important note:
This recipe uses a hot oven so make sure you ask an adult to help you.
Method
Get an adult to preheat the oven (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) to ‎‎200°‎C or gas mark 6.
Whisk (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) the eggs and sugar in a bowl until frothy, then add the baking powder, flour, lemon juice and zest.
Get an adult to melt the butter and add this.
Leave to stand for twenty (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) minutes, then pour the mixture (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) into your tray, making twelve (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) to sixteen (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) cakes.
Bake (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) for eight (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) to ten (Check your connection, refresh the page and try again.) minutes.
Leave to cool down.
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Key French words
| French | English |
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| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | some butter |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | some lemon |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | some flour |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | the oven |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | the cakes |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | the afternoon tea |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | some baking powder |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | some eggs |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | the mixture |
| Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | some sugar |
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