madeleines

This recipe combines vanilla and lemon for a most delicious flavour.

ingredients

125g of butter
2 eggs
1/2 of caster sugar
1/2t finely grated lemon rind
1 T lemon juice
1 Tablespoon vanilla essence
3/4 cup plain flour.

method

Melt butter slowly then set aside to cool. Put eggs and caster sugar into a small mixing bowl and beat with an electric beater until thick and light (as you would for a sponge cake). Add lemon rind, lemon juice and vanilla essence, then fold though flour. Add the melted butter last of all. Brush the madeline tins with extra melted butter then spoon in sufficient cake batter to fill each mould 3/4 of the way up the side. Bake in a hot oven (200c) for 8-10 minutes until golden. Remove from oven then turn out carefully. Serve dusted with icing sugar. Makes 24

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