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Apple madeleine cake

Name: Apple madeleine cake
Prep time: 27 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 12 min
Yield: 1 piece
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g apple; 1 lemon; 100 g caster sugar; 1 tablespoon honey; 120 g butter; 4 eggs; Vanilla extract; 150 g flour; 5 g baking powder; 2 pinches fine (or table) salt

This moist madeleine cake features melting little pieces of apple and lemon.

1,877

1 hour 15 min. difficulté

Easy

2.85 €

1 piece

10 Ingredients

Last modified on: April 1^st 2026

For 1 piece, you will need:

1 500 g apple
2 1 lemon
3 100 g caster sugar
4 1 tablespoon honey
5 120 g butter
6 4 eggs
7 Vanilla extract
8 150 g flour
9 5 g baking powder
10 2 pinches fine (or table) salt
Total weight: 1,220 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 30 min.

Cooking: 45 min.

All in all: 1 hour 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

The apples

Peel 500 g apple, cut into quarters, remove the core, and cut the quarters into strips, which you will pour into a salad bowl.

Zest 1 lemon over the apples and add its juice, mix, cover with a plate and set aside.

Preheat oven to 180°C (360°F).

Stage 2 - ⌛ 2 min.

The dough

Pour 100 g caster sugar, 1 tablespoon honey and 120 g butter into a separate bowl.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

Whisk to combine.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Add 4 eggs, Vanilla extract and whisk again.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 3 min.

Sieve together over 150 g flour, 5 g baking powder, 2 pinches fine (or table) salt.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Mix again to obtain a homogeneous paste.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Finish by adding the apple pieces and any lemon juice that may be left at the bottom, mixing well with a pastry blender.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 3 min.

Pour the mixture into a carefully buttered or greased 20 cm (8-inch) diameter springform tin.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 45 min.

Bake for 45 minutes at 180°C (360°F).

Stage 10

Enjoy warm, it's even better, or cold.

Remarks

If you like the taste, you can sprinkle the apples with a little cinnamon in step 1.

For a more distinctive flavour, replace the powdered sugar with cane sugar, and/or add 1 or 2 tablespoons of rum with the lemon juice to the apples.

If you're worried about the adhesion of your tin, line the bottom with a circle of baking paper.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge,

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	42 RDI=65 %	282 RDI=107 %	136 RDI=187 %	2,529 RDI=126 %	10,589 RDI: 126 %
Per 100 g	3 RDI=5 %	23 RDI=9 %	11 RDI=15 %	207 RDI=10 %	868 RDI: 10 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, egg, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 1 piece : 2.85 €

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