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June 6 2005

Miranda Has Been Showered

The wedding shower was an absolute success! I got to wear the new Rebecca cardi:

There was lots of great food, tea sandwiches, fruit flowers, and madeleines of course!

Miranda loved her gift, (which I couldn't show here before now in fear of ruining the surprise!) It's Iris from Knitty. I am not a sewer and my sewing machine and I tolerate each other but not much more than that! The finishing, including all of the sewing and attaching the fabric to the knit part, but not including any of the finishing for the knit part, took about three hours! Phew was I glad to finish this project. It's hard to get a good picture of it, but here's the best I could do. Miranda wouldn't model in it for the blog... can you believe that?

And of course, what's a bridal shower without a picture of the bridal party.

We had a great day, everyone enjoyed it, games were played, toasts were made, food was eaten, and there were lots of hugs to go around! Especially for June, but for anyone else who asked here is the madeleine recipe.

This recipe was given to me by a former co-worker. It was given to him by a friend, but I think originally was found in the newspaper. The recipe itself says "Adapted from Delphin Gomes". It's a tried and true recipe, but if I were to make them again I would search for the recipe I'd seen in a Gourmet magazine some time in the last twelve months or so. These taste great, were easy enough to make, and were recieved well. I used an old metal madeleine pan that I got at a garage sale years ago. This was it's first time into my oven, and although it didn't look in pristine shape nothing stuck and they came out beautifully. I only own one piece of silicone bakeware and it is a mini muffin pan. You really need to wait until things cool to get them out of the silicone and so it can really increase cooking time if you are making lots of batches. When I try to rush it only the muffin tops come out and that is obviously not a good solution! Now on to the recipe!

Lemon Madeleines

Unsalted butter melted, (for the pans) I used cooking spray instead.
1.25 sticks unsalted butter
4 eggs
1 cup sugar
grated rind of one lemon
1.5 cups flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
.25 cup milk

  1. Have on hand 1 madeleine pan. Butter it thoroughly.
  2. In a small saucepan, melt the 1.25 sticks of butter, set aside.
  3. In an electric mixer with the paddle or wisk attachemtn, beat the eggs, sugar, and lemon rind at medium speed for about three minutes or until the sugar has dissolved.
  4. Meanwhile, sift flower and baking powder together. Add the flower mixture to the egg mixture. continue to beat for three more minutes.
  5. Add the milk and mix until blended. Add the melted butter and mix again until blended. Let batter sit for thirty minutes
  6. Set oven to 350 degrees. Spoon the batter into the pan, filling each indentation 75% full. Bake for 15 minutes or until the madeleines are golden brown. Let the pan cool completely between batches.

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