Never heard of a Muffin Cake, well I hadn't either. This only seems like yesterday, when my younger son was 18 months old (now 7). One day, he decided he wanted to eat a Muffin Cake. My older son and I pulled out every conceivable thing that remotely resembled a muffin or a cake and put it in front of him but nothing worked and as the minutes went by so did his crying and tantrum. He was so upset that we were not understanding what he was asking for and so eventually we all forgot about it. (Boy! am I glad it was over). Weeks or maybe months later, I stopped by at Starbucks to grab a quick coffee and he pointed at the Madeline's sitting by the checkout register grinning from ear to ear saying "Muffin Cake". I could not stop laughing at his merriment and finally fitting the piece to the puzzle. To this day we all call the Madeline's our Muffin cake.
RECIPE: Citrus Orange French Madeline
Ingredients
2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1TBSP lemon zest
1 TBSP orange extract
1 pinch salt
1 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup butter, unsalted
1 eggs
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350F and grease your pan with some melted butter or oil.
- Mix the sugar, eggs, vanilla, lemon zest, salt and orange in a mixing bowl.
- Add the flour in 2-3 increments and stir till incorporated well.
- Slowly add the melted butter and beat until well blended.
- Pour the mixture into your Madeline mold making sure they are 2/3 way full. Bake for 11-12 minutes. Let cool.
- Dust with powdered sugar just before serving.
Now all I need is some freshly brewed french press coffee and enjoy some after lunch snack.
NOTE: I did reduce the heat and bake time since this photo shoot so as not to get the Madelines to brown.
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