Easy Cherry Blossom Madeleines
- 100 grams Butter
- 80 grams White flour
- 80 grams Sugar
- 20 grams Almond flour
- 20 grams Honey
- 2 Eggs
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1 Cherry blossoms preserved in salt
- Add the sugur to the eggs, and mix together very well.
- Add almond flour and mix in.
- Sift in the white flour and baking powder, and mix.
- Add the melted butter little by little, mixing between additions.
- Mix in the honey too.
- Let the batter rest for as long as possible.
- Overnight is fine.
- Butter the molds (not listed) and flour.
- If you do this in advance, chill the molds in the refrigerator.
- Soak the cherry blossoms in water to de-salt.
- Spoon in the batter, and bake for about 15 minute in a preheated 180C oven.
- When the center start to puff up, top with cherry blossoms.
- Even if you put on the cherry blossoms from the start, they won't fade much since the cakes are baked for such a short time.
- But they will puff up so the blossoms may get shifted from the center.
- When they have cooled, wrap in plastic wrap and store.
- Even if the cherry blossom stem is sticking out, it will settle down when wrapped.
- If you put the cherry blossom on the bottom of the madeleine mold, it will come out like this.
- The next day the flavors will have blended together and the madeleines will be even more delicious.
- Try using them as desserts for a hanami (cherry blossom viewing) picnic.
- Make the madeleines without the cherry blossoms during other seasons.
- They are very well received as gifts.
butter, white flour, sugar, flour, honey, eggs, baking powder, blossoms
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/169571-easy-cherry-blossom-madeleines (may not work)