English Madeleines: Mini Sponge Cakes bathed in jam and rolled in desiccated coconut | The Novice Housewife

When I posted the picture for these english madeleines on instagram I mentioned that my house smelled of my childhood. And it surely did. In fact when I was washing the cupcake pan, it still smelled of the memories from my younger days, even though the madeleines had been removed and set aside a while back.

My mother used to make them when I was a kid. My brother and I loved them – bite after bite of buttery goodness. Although the original recipe calls for baking the batter in Dariole Moulds, my mom used to make them shaped like a regular cupcake- since she did not own a dariole mould. And then bathed them in jam and desiccated coconut. So I made them the same way in cupcake pans- not because I do not own dariole moulds (I actually don’t) but because that’s they way I remember english madeleines to be.

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Coconut and Jam Hearts The Novice Housewife #recipe #cookies #christmas #coconut #jam

I know today is Tuesday and I should have a recipe for Garam Masala Tuesdays but then today is also Christmas eve here in the US and Christmas back in India, so I wanted a Christmas related recipe to be up today. And these Coconut and Jam Hearts recipe from Donna Hay Magazine fit the bill perfectly.

Now I am not a Christian but even so, when I was in India we always celebrated Christmas. Since India has a good share of Christians, Christmas is a national holiday in India. To those who wonder whether Indians celebrate Christmas, well, my Facebook feed is full of my Indian friends wishing each other Merry christmas- so yes we do.

Coconut and Jam Hearts The Novice Housewife #recipe #cookies #christmas #coconut #jam

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