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Bernard Schimmel's Masterpieces

Serves/Makes:36 cakes

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup (175 ml) sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 cup (225 ml) flour
• pinch of salt
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) melted butter
• 1 tsp (5 ml). lemon zest
• 1 tsp (5 ml). vanilla
• powdered sugar

Preparation

• Cream the sugar and eggs in a mixer until lemon colored and thick.
• Sift flour with salt and add to egg mixture.
• Add the butter, zest and vanilla.
• Butter and lightly flour Madeleine molds.
• Fill with batter and bake in a 350-degree oven for 15 minutes.
• Verify color.
• Allow to cool and dust with powdered sugar.

Comments

Serve these as an accompaniment to any fresh fruit or with a dessert that would be enhanced with a sweet.