Madeleine Cookies 

Boom! I feel like i'm on a roll lol I have two items to post today :D

I didn't know what Madeleines were until i googled them haha. They are little french cakes that are baked in madeleine tins to give them their shell-like appearance.  I'm on a budget so i went with the cheaper option and bought a silicone madeleine cake mould plus it was bright pink and i'm a sucker for pink.

Look at those sneaky madeleines, trying to escape out of their moulds.

Aren't they cute? Google tells me that madeleines are supposed to be very light, delicate, sponge cakes but mine didn't really turn out light.  I may have over-mixed or under-mixed it somehow but i followed the recipe which requires, at one stage, to beat on high for 5-10mins and i only mixed it for 5 mins.  Anyway, it's a matter of trial and error.  At least they look cute.

This is the recipe i used for my Madeleines here

Lemon Muffins

I had some lemon left over after i used lemon zest for my madeleines so i decided to cross another item off the list and make lemon muffins!

Yeah, my presentation skills fail. Sorry.  I can never get my muffins to look as big as the ones they sell at bakeries :( 

I read the recipe wrong anyway and put in the lemon juice instead of the lemon rind when i was supposed to leave the lemon juice to mix with sugar and pour over the baked muffin haha.  It was an epic fail 'coz i had just put them in the oven and i saw the lemon rind sitting on the table so i quickly pulled them out of the oven, sprinkled a bit of rind into each and stirred it through slightly LOL.

Anyway, because of the added lemon juice, the muffins didn't turn like they probably should have.  They taste okay though...

Lesson learnt, read the recipe properly.  

Escuse the bad lighting again in both of my photos, Auckland had a downpour of rain yesterday and it scared the sun away.  Yay for winter.

♡ B