Madeleines are quintessentially French, popularised by Proust’s evocative discourse in In Search of Lost Time (1927): “Petites madeleines, which look as though they had been moulded in the fluted ...
Early in my baking education, I bought a tinned-metal plaque with a dozen shell-shaped indentations. It was an indulgent purchase, since the pan was designed expressly to make just one pastry, a ...
The tiny, shell-shaped cakes known as madeleines originated in France more than 200 years ago, but today they are loved the world over.