Collect: Large Mixing bowl.
Collect: Hand Mixer.
Collect: Several dariole moulds (small metal pots).
Collect: Wire tray.
Collect: Wide plate.
Collect: Small pan.
Collect: Sieve if using seeded jam.
Collect ingedient: 2 Eggs.
Collect ingredient: 3.5 oz. of un-salted butter. Plus a pinch or two, for greasing the darioles.
Collect ingredient: 4 oz. of castor sugar.
Collect ingredient: 4 oz. of self-raising flour.
Collect ingredient: Raspberry jam. (Seedless preferred).
Collect ingredient: Desiccated coconut.
Collect ingredient: Glace cherries.
Ensure: You have lots of love in your heart to put into the Madeleines.
Ensure: You go slowly and take care.
Ensure: You have a clean work surface and keep a clean work surface.
Ensure: You are ready to clean up as you go along.
Ensure: Butter is at room temperature.
Ensure: Bowl is at room temperature.
Ensure: Hand Mixer is at room temperature.
Ensure: Oven is heated to 180 degrees.
Ensure: Dariole moulds are well greased. Use your finger to grease in some butter, ensure you cover the insides totally.
Beat butter for 30 seconds to get creamy and whipped.
Add sugar and beat until pale, fluffy and grainy.
Add 2 eggs with a pinch of self-raising flour one at a time stirring as you go.
Fold in the remaining flour.
Fill the moulds half to two thirds full with the mixture.
Place in oven and bake for approx 20 minutes.
Take the opportunity to wash up and get next steps ready, take in the lovely smells of the sponge as you are going.
Remove from oven. The Madeleines should be golden to look at and bouncy when touched.
Place on wire tray for 5 minutes, in their moulds to cool.
Empty the Madeleines and cool further.
If the Madeleines are not sitting straight, trim their bottoms.
Spread some desiccated coconut on a wide plate.
Warm some raspberry jam in a pan (jam must be sieved if contains seeds, or lumps of fruit).
When cool, brush the madeleines with the warmed raspberry jam.
After spearing at the base with a fork, roll the cake in desiccated coconut.
Top with half a glace cherry for a small madeleine, or full cherry for a larger madeleine.
Eat and enjoy with a nice cup of tea.
