Madeleines

20 mins Prep Time

10 mins Cook Time

Written By

Vy Khue

Madeleines -- the cake is known as the muse of tea parties and is famous worldwide. We might expect this cake to be complicated, but in fact, this lovely cake is relatively simple to make. This recipe is for three flavours of madeleines, matcha green tea, chocolate and vanilla.

Ingredients

Vanilla

1 egg
40 grams granulated sugar
8 grams honey
50 grams cake flour
1 gram baking powder
55 grams unsalted butter, melted
2 mL vanilla extract

Chocolate

1 egg
40 grams granulated sugar
8 grams honey
40 grams cake flour
10 grams cocoa powder
1 gram baking powder
55 grams unsalted butter, melted
90 grams melted chocolate (for clamshell)

Matcha

1 egg
40 grams granulated sugar
8 grams honey
40 grams cake flour
10 grams matcha powder
1 gram baking powder
55 grams unsalted butter, melted
90 grams white chocolate and 5 grams green tea powder (for clamshell)

Dulce De Leche Sauce

50 grams granulated sugar
42 grams unsalted butter, cubed
100 mL whole milk
500 grams condensed milk
Pinch of salt

Directions

Madeleines (for all 3 flavours)

13 Steps

Step 1

Mix eggs, sugar and vanilla in a bowl.
Step 2

Sift flour (matcha powder or cocoa powder) and baking powder into the egg-sugar mixture.
Step 3

Pour in melted butter and mix well.
Step 4

Put the dough in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Step 5

Make Dulce De Leche Sauce. Put sugar in a pot and cook on low heat until light brown.
Step 6

Add butter and mix well with a little salt.
Step 7

Slowly pour in milk and mix well.
Step 8

Continue to slowly pour in condensed milk and mix well, stirring on low heat until the mixture is thick and flexible.
Step 9

Let the sauce mixture cool down and store it in the refrigerator.
Step 10

Preheat oven to 180°C. Bake for 10 minutes.
Step 11

Grease madeleines mould with butter.
Step 12

Put the dough into the mould and add a little sauce, then cover the sauce with more dough and put the cake in the oven.
Step 13

When the cake is cooled, clean the mould, pour the seashell mixture from melted chocolate, then put the whole cake tray in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to finish the super delicious and beautiful scallop cake.