Comments on: Traditional Madeleines

By: LyB

LyB — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:39:31 +0000

Well, they certainly look delicious! And I quite liked them the next day too!

By: Dolores

Dolores — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:53:21 +0000

I had the same experience you did… I found them MUCH better after a day’s rest. Great job!

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:28:20 +0000

You have to leave the lemon out silly (bleh lemon)! That is what i did and I LOVED them. At least they look great;)

By: mari

mari — Thu, 22 May 2008 14:15:56 +0000

Just think of it as one less baked good you have to resist!

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:26:43 +0000

Sorry you didn’t love them but they look so pretty!

By: Jaime

Jaime — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:08:51 +0000

they look great; sorry you didn’t like them much

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:12:05 +0000

They look awesome, I am sorry to hear that you did not love them. To each their own, right? I would still like to make them (sans lemon) just to say that I made them and to figure out if I like them or not.

By: Chelle

Chelle — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:02:31 +0000

Thanks everyone for the suggestions – I do like orange much better than lemon, but aside from the flavor I just found these to be rather “eh” overall. I’ll stick to my “heavier” things like muffins, scones and biscotti

By: CB

CB — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:21:03 +0000

What about changing out the lemon zest for orange zest? I saw a couple TWDers do that and now I am intrigued to try it again! ps. Glad to have you back in the kitchen. Don’t ever go on vacation again, k? thanks.

By: carrie

carrie — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:57:39 +0000

It’s unfortunate that you were disappointed in their taste. They look beautiful.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:02:28 +0000

Yours look sooo delicate, so soft and light. Do you like orange zest? Perhaps you could simply substitute the zest of some fruit that you like, instead of lemon.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:48:53 +0000

Sorry they were a little bland for you, but your pictures look great!

By: Mara

Mara — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:10:42 +0000

flufftastic…nice pictures….!!!

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:42:27 +0000

Ours never had a chance to sit overnight they were eaten all that same night. OMG we went crazy. Sorry to ehar you do not like lemon. Me on the other hand. Chocolate and lemon are my favorite dessert flavors.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:12:38 +0000

I thought they were better after a day or two, too. Straight out of the oven, kinda meh.

By: Jacque

Jacque — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:45:36 +0000

Sorry you weren’t in love. They look nice, though.

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:15:40 +0000

I think your madeleines are picture perfect even if you didn’t like them. I didn’t make madeleines as I didn’t have the pan so made the orange blueberry muffin recipe instead, which were great!

By: Sharon - Butcher, Baker......

Sharon - Butcher, Baker...... — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:06:26 +0000

Oh! too bad you didn’t like them.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:29:06 +0000

They look wonderful even if you didn’t like them!

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:26:39 +0000

But now you have the skills you can adapt them to make them less lemony!

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:16:39 +0000

They look great! The shape looks nice too!

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:06:03 +0000

I’m so sorry you didn’t enjoy them! They look beautiful, though!

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:45:57 +0000

I agree – they seemed a bit of a letdown – just a bit’ ‘whatever!’ compared to previous weeks! Yours look great tho! Hx

By: Bumblebutton

Bumblebutton — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:23:02 +0000

Very pretty. There is always next week!

By: April

April — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:41:45 +0000

They look great! Even though you didn’t like them, they still looked very pretty!