Madeleines - Petite French Cakes

After reading my dear sister's successful attempt at baking madeleine, petite cakes originated from French, http://mamajojo.blog.co.uk/2008/02/05/madeleines_a_k_a_french_biscuits~3683171/ I have been thinking of baking some for husband and daughter.

I also found two demos of making madeleine in French on YouTube. Although I don't understand French, it is quite easy to figure out the steps since the ingredients are almost the same.

1. Recette de cuisine: madeleines tradition au citron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijc33whYLeo

2. Recette des madeleines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlKJ2AGC4V4


I found another madeleine recipe on the internet http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/madeleines-recipe.html and used these measurements for my first attempt.

Madeleines (Petite French Cakes)

Ingredients:
4 eggs
2/3 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup all-purpose (plain) flour
1+1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
zest of 1 large lemon
1 pinch of salt

Verdict: All praise be to Allah SWT the madeleines taste really good! The fresh lemony flavor and butter made up for the lack of vanilla essence. Daughter keeps asking for 'cake, cake' and I have to stop at the 4th one or else we might gobbling down all 30 madeleines. Now I have to find a way to hide the rest or they will end up in husband's tummy when he sees them ;-)