Madeleines: Elegant French Tea Cakes to Bake and Share

By Barbara Feldman Morse

The petite shell-shaped cakes known as madeleines are versatile, pretty, and absolutely delicious. Made famous by Marcel Proust in his novel In Search of Lost Time, this classic French treat is now loved the world over. Beautifully illustrated and lovingly researched, Madeleines features recipes for an incredible variety of flavors and combinations, including such decadent desserts as Dark Chocolate Espresso Madeleines, savory appetizers like Pesto and Pine Nut Madeleines, and showstoppers like Cheesecake Madeleines with Lingonberry Preserves And making these adorable cakes has never been easier—author Barbara Feldman Morse has developed a unique quick-and-simple method for baking perfect madeleines again and again. Pour a cup of tea and enjoy this quick trip to France with Madeleines!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Oct 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781594747540

Reviews for Madeleines

[brokenteepee · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This beautifully printed cookbook is full of variations for sweet and savory madeleines. The recipes are easy to pull together from ingredients in a normal pantry - most require just butter, sugar, flour, salt, baking powder and a flavoring agent of some kind. I made mine in one bowl. A madeleine pan of some kind is needed to create the traditional shell shape but they are easily found.I will admit that the directions were lacking in one area - and I wondered about it as I followed them to completion but I always follow directions exactly as written when I'm reviewing a cookbook - they said to spray the madeleine pan with cooking spray. Well, I recommend that you butter and flour your pan. The first batch I made using the cooking spray stuck to my pans. And they are non-stick pans. I am also a very experienced baker. Also the recipes do not call for salt - they really need a little salt so I have added some.That little disaster aside - don't worry, we ate the broken cookies and they were delicious - I then went with my instincts and used butter and flour. That batch came out beautifully. I'm also looking forward to trying several of the different recipes for both sweet and savory. Despite the misstep with the pan instructions the recipes were easy to follow and the cookies that I made were delicious.

[bookscookslooks · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This beautifully printed cookbook is full of variations for sweet and savory madeleines. The recipes are easy to pull together from ingredients in a normal pantry - most require just butter, sugar, flour, salt, baking powder and a flavoring agent of some kind. I made mine in one bowl. A madeleine pan of some kind is needed to create the traditional shell shape but they are easily found.I will admit that the directions were lacking in one area - and I wondered about it as I followed them to completion but I always follow directions exactly as written when I'm reviewing a cookbook - they said to spray the madeleine pan with cooking spray. Well, I recommend that you butter and flour your pan. The first batch I made using the cooking spray stuck to my pans. And they are non-stick pans. I am also a very experienced baker. Also the recipes do not call for salt - they really need a little salt so I have added some.That little disaster aside - don't worry, we ate the broken cookies and they were delicious - I then went with my instincts and used butter and flour. That batch came out beautifully. I'm also looking forward to trying several of the different recipes for both sweet and savory. Despite the misstep with the pan instructions the recipes were easy to follow and the cookies that I made were delicious.