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Buyer’s Guide: Finding Madeleine Pans

To bake the famous, delicious, small French cake the Madeleine, you must have Madeleine pans. Madeleine pans have been around for a long time and were invented by the French. Madeleine’s are small, seas shell shaped deserts that are somewhere between a small tea cake and a cookie. They are designed to be eaten like a cookie and are served at all lot of tea socials. Madeleine pans looks like a baking sheet with a series of seashell shaped depressions punched into the baking sheet. There is no way to make these cute little deserts without using Madeleine pans.

There are a few styles and sizes of Madeleine pans. Although there are different styles of these pans they are all used and cleaned in the same way. While your oven is preheating, brush the sea shell shaped depressions of the Madeleine pans with a vegetable oil or melted butter and dust with flour. This is a very important step to follow because if you forget this step your Madeleine’s will stick, therefore losing its shape and causing breakage in the tea cake. Even if you have a non-stick pan it is still an important step to follow. Then you pour your batter into the depressions. The batter of Madeleine’s is a simple sponge cake batter. This batter can have orange or lemon zest added for extra flavor. These tea cakes take a short time in the oven so make sure to set the timer. Once they are baked, remove from the oven and let them cool for 15 minutes. Once they have cooled, simply take a butter knife or fork and gently slide into the depression, next to the tea cake and pull up. Your sea shell shaped cookies will be ready to be enjoyed. Clean up of the Madeleine pans is easy. Use a non-metal brush a scrub gently with hot water. DO NOT use soap and DO NOT put in your dishwasher. This will ruin your Madeleine pans!

There are several styles, shapes, materials and brands of Madeleine pans.  The majority of Madeleine pans are sea shell shaped, however some specialty shops carry other unique designs. Other materials and brands of these pans are Chicago Non-Stick pans. These pans have 12 depressions and have a non-stick surface. Another brand is World Cuisine Tin pans. This brand also has 12 depressions. It is made in France with heavy-gauge tinned steel. Norpo Non-Stick is another popular brand. This brand is makes smaller Madeleine’s and has 18 depressions. This pan can also be used to make candies and chocolates. All of these brands range in price and can be found everywhere.

Here is a list of some great stores that carry this delightful cookware: www.amazon.com, www.NexTag.com, and www.best-price.com. Enjoy make these cute tea cakes with your Madeleine pans!