Today I completed my Princess Challenge for July! I baked Madeleines au citron, these cute little shell shaped cakes were a pleasure to bake and turned out pretty tasty too. I decided to bake Madeleines because they’ve always been one of my favourite treats, my Mother used to bring them home from the Patisserie for me, but I’ve never tried baking them before. I had a great excuse to do so because one of my friends is having a Bon Voyage party tomorrow night (she is moving to Japan, I will really miss her!) and she asked me to help cater. I also made some Inarizushi and tomorrow I’m going to make some Onigiri for the party as well.
Madeleines can be made in nearly every flavour imaginable, but I decided to go with traditional lemon and orange because I find it compliments the buttery sweetness of the base so well.
Ingredients
1 1/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
1/2 cup icing sugar
2 tbs lemon or orange juice
6 tbs melted butter
Grated rind of lemon or orange
Preheat the oven to 375F / 190C and grease a 12 mold Madeleine tin. In one bowl, sift together the flour and baking powder. Set this aside. In a second bowl beat the eggs until smooth. Add the icing sugar to the eggs and beat together until there are no lumps. Now add the citrus juice and rind and fold in gently. Using a spatula start by folding a small amount of flour in to the mixture, then fold in a small amount of butter. Alternate between the two until you get a firm but light batter. Let the mixture sit for ten minutes before spooning it in to the middle of each mold. Bake for 15 minutes. When it is done the edges should be slightly brown and the top spring back to touch. Release the Madeleines on to a cooling rack and dust with icing sugar.
Makes a lovely afternoon tea treat!
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I tried three things for this month’s challenge :
- chocolate and banana cake
- pear and almond tart
- crepes without a recipe xD
They were all very good! And it was especially a challenge for me since it was my first time baking sweet things in our new flat, with very little cooking tools available. I didn’t take pictures though :(. But I gave my ‘recipe’ for the crepes here : http://lorelei-mayrose.livejournal.com/5312.html?mode=reply
Just to clarify something…is icing sugar powdered sugar? Is that what it’s called in Austrailia…?
Sounds wonderful! They are lovely, as well.
I didn’t participate in this challenge; I can’t cook to save my life!
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I adore madelines. When I was a kid my mom used to take me to tea on Saturday afternoon and I always had madelines with “Lady of London” tea. Such great memories! I’ll have to try the recipe!
I’ve wanted to make those for such a long time! it’s so hot here I don’t want to bake right now though @_@ come winter I will buy a pan to make these…. thanks for the sharing!
Yummy! Everyone’s sweet treats sound so delicious. I’m a fairly avid baker so I decided to try something a bit different for this month’s challenge.
I tried my hand at making homemade salsa! I had such a wonderful time visiting the local farmer’s market to select tomatoes and sweet onions for the recipe, and later making a terrible mess of my kitchen with veggies and spices!!
My concoction was a huge hit though so I would say this month’s challenge was a definite success.
I finished my princess challenge this weekend. My prince and I went up to his parents castle for the weekend. They were having a grand picnic for family and friends and I made “Ambrosia Salad” for everyone. I had been wanting to make it for a long time, but never really had the opportunity. This was a fun challenge. I emailed you the recipe and a picture of the results ^_^
I’m so sorry, Dearest Princess. I haven’t participated in this Princess Challenge even though I did want to, because my Mother doesn’t want me to use up too much of our supplies. =P I think she’d think it’d be a waste of time for me.
But I will try to bake cookies some time this sumer, to make up for this. ((I’ve never ever baked by myself before_ T_T ))
I wanted very much to participate in this challenge! Making food from scratch is a virtue of mine; I want to know everything that’s in it, where it all came from, if its’ locally grown, ect.!
I’d like to contribute a recipe for my favourite rice dish, & I will as soon as I upload the pictures!
Here is a little treat that is easy to make in the meantime. I’ve noticed the affection for sweets that your readers have! I think this is my favourite way to make s’mores:
http://flickr.com/photos/messydress/sets/72157606419818127/