Lemon-flavoured Madeleines recipe and ingredients

Having seen lemon essence being sent out to Australia, I decided to kill two birds with one stone:

To try out my brand new cake tin for madeleines and

To cook with Vahiné lemon essence

For ?? madeleines (they had all been eaten before I had time to count them, but from memory it was around 20)

Ingredients from Mondizen

½ teaspoon Alsa baking powder

1 teaspoon Vahine lemon essence

Ingredients from your kitchen

2 eggs

100g-4oz Caster sugar

100g-4ozFlour

40g- 1.5oz butter

1tablespoon thick crème fraîche

Add a drop of milk if the mixture is too thick.

Preparation

Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.

Beat the eggs and the sugar to obtain a pale frothy mixture. Add the flour and melted butter. Add the crème fraîche and the lemon essence.

Mix until smooth, add the baking powder and a drop of milk if the mixture is too thick.

Put a tablespoonof the mixture into each madeleine tin and bake for 15 minutes.

Bon appétit !

These Madelaines are simply scrumptious, soft, full of flavour, delightful but alas gone! Time to make some more!!

Buy the ingredients on Mondizen