Madeleines
Madeleines
Small lemon-butter cakes with a hump — a tin helps, a rest in the fridge helps more.
Recipe by I Want Some Food · Reviewed by the editorial kitchen. Native name preserved: Madeleines.
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- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 12 min
- Total
- 1 hr 27 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Spice
- No chilli
- Cost
- Cheap nightUnder $8 USD · indicative, not a store price
About
Madeleines are baked in a shell tin until they grow a hump. The batter is butter, egg, sugar, flour, lemon. It wants a rest. If you do not own the tin, a mini-muffin pan still makes a cake, just not the photograph.
Ingredients
Scaling multiplies the written quantities. Baking still prefers a scale.
Steps
Step 1
Beat eggs and sugar until pale. Fold in flour, salt, zest, then butter. Chill 1 hour.
10 minStep 2
Butter and flour a madeleine tin. Heat the oven to 210°C. Fill the shells two-thirds. Bake 8–11 minutes until the humps set and the edges brown.
12 min
Adapt this recipe
The canonical recipe stays intact. Personal versions are labelled. Serving changes are maths, not AI.
Adaptations · 0 / 15 used. Resets 24 August.
Substitutions
Lemon → Orange zest
A different perfume.
Tips
- A hot tin plus cold batter is the usual hump trick.
- Eat the same day. They stale like a madeleine.
History & culture
Commercy's pride and Proust's prop. Also a Tuesday cake that takes 20 minutes of work.
An 18th–19th-century Lorraine cake. The literary afterlife is larger than the recipe.
Traditional
Provenance: Editorial adaptation. Original editorial adaptation for I Want Some Food. Not copied from another recipe site. Official recipe photography is pending. Photograph: Photograph supplied by the editorial kitchen. (Editorial supply).
Questions about this recipe
Answers taken from this dish's times, amounts, swaps and tips — not a chatbot.
How long does Madeleines take?
1 hr 27 min all in — 15 min prep, 12 min cook, 1 hr rest. That is the time on this recipe, not a guess.
How many does it serve?
The recipe is written for 12 cakes. Scale the ingredient list on the page if you are cooking for a different number.
How hard is it?
Easy.
How spicy is it?
No chilli.
What allergens should I watch?
This recipe is labelled for Wheat, Eggs, Milk. Labels are informational — check the packets in your kitchen. This is not medical advice.
Does it fit a diet?
The published recipe is labelled Vegetarian.
What does it cost to cook?
Cheap night — about Under $8 USD, as a grocery budget for this recipe, not a restaurant price.
What equipment do I need?
Mixing bowl, Oven.
How much salt do I put in?
The recipe lists Salt at 1 pinch.
How much sugar?
90 g of Sugar.
What can I use instead?
Lemon → Orange zest. A different perfume.
Any tips from this recipe?
A hot tin plus cold batter is the usual hump trick. Eat the same day. They stale like a madeleine.
Can I use an air fryer?
This method is not written for an air fryer. The core technique on the page still applies.
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