Madeleines Cookbook Review Recipe

  The first time I read a Madeleine recipe was from The Good Cook: Desserts Classic which was part of the Time Life cookbook series.  The recipe was half a page long with no photograph.  Since I didn’t know what Madeleines were at that time, I bought the molds (which were not easy to find) and baked them.  They turned out quite good – little pillows of sponge cakes ready to be dipped in tea or coffee. Madeleines have come a long way since Fast forward to the Madeleines cookbook by Barbara Feldman Morse. This cookbook features over 70 recipes for Madeleines and elegant French tea cakes to bake and share, accompanied by colour photos.   I was quite  impressed with the variety of both the sweet and savoury Madeleine recipes listed as I…