French madeleines are small, buttery sponge cakes with a distinctive shell shape from the type of pan they are baked in. Although really cute and delicate on their own, you can also use them to make ...

MUCH HAS BEEN made of Marcel Proust's passage on tea-dunked madeleines in "Remembrance of Things Past." One bite reconnected the author to his childhood—"No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the ...

There are a few classics a serious baker must absolutely master. For the serious Francophile baker — or the baker with a literary interest — the list of classics most certainly includes a madeleine.

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Every year around this time, my mind invariably fills with thoughts of France. In my former life as a cruise director, Tony and I spent several spring seasons sailing around the western coast of ...

Makes 12 madeleines. Resting time: 2 to 3 hours. Baking time: 9 to 10 minutes. Recipe by Fabrice le Bourdat, baker-pastry chef of the bakery Blé sucré, is from “Let’s Eat France!” by François-Régis ...

This recipe by Bomee Ki, chef and co-owner at Sollip, combines a French cake classic with the flavours of Kugelhopf, a festive German Bundt cake. Golden and fluffy, each sponge is enriched with the ...

One by one, packages of freshly baked cookies began arriving in The Times’ lobby, some in pretty boxes, bound in tissue paper and ribbon, others in fancy restaurant bags. Many entries were delivered ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Elizabeth Karmel cooks and writes about food drink and travel. If you are a lover of French Madeleines, you may know Sugar Bowl ...