Madeleine Cakes

Ingredients

• Quarter of a pound of flour
• Quarter of a pound of butter
• Quarter of a pound of sifted sugar
• 2 eggs
• a little grated lemon-peel or essence of vanilla

Method

1. 1

   If the butter is hard, melt it slightly; beat it to a cream.

2. 2

   Add sugar and beat well; then add one well-beaten egg, followed by flour gradually, and lastly the other well-beaten egg.

3. 3

   Mix thoroughly, pour into buttered moulds or patty pans, and bake in a brisk oven until golden.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 82. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Madeleine Cakes. Quarter of a pound of flour, quarter of a pound of butter, quarter of a pound of sifted sugar, 2 eggs, a little grated lemon-peel or essence of vanilla

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