Paul said this was a lame excuse and he's probably right, but I would have done a much better job with this recipe if the ingredients list had said "2/3 cup sugar, separated" instead of just "2/3 cup sugar." Obviously I should have been paying more attention and working more slowly and carefully, but when I saw the instruction to sift the flour with the sugar and salt I added all of the sugar--I completely missed that it was only supposed to be 1 tbsp of the sugar. I realized when I got to the next step and I had no sugar left to beat with the eggs. I know at that point I should have started over, but I couldn't bare to throw out my 2+ cups of cake flour and sugar and really didn't have time to start over (as it was we ended up eating at 9PM again on Sunday night) so I continued with beating the eggs sans sugar. It took forever, but my eggs finally did reach the right consistency even without the sugar. However, as soon as I tried folding the sugar/flour mixture into the eggs I knew I was in trouble. I'm not that great at folding anyway, and with that volume of dry ingredients I completely deflated the eggs. My batter was so dense that I was only able to get 18 Madeleines, instead of the 24 the recipe was supposed to yield. They actually still had a nice flavor, but the consistency was completely off. They're chewy and dense; the opposite of light and airy. Oh well. I'm not going to punish myself by making these again anytime soon--there are too many good things to try--but I am looking forward to the next time we make a genoise batter. I'll definitely pay more attention and hope for better results.
Genoise batter can be challenging but thank you for sharing!
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Stuff happens!! I’ve had my share of mishaps in the kitchen!
ReplyDeleteOh man, I hear you.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely have had those moments - especially when I am trying to do more than one thing at a time :-)
I always have trouble reading these recipes -- don't know if I am in a hurry -- or it's the way they are written. Next time will be better! Blessings, Catherine www.praycookblog.com
ReplyDeleteSorry these didn't work out. I wasn't that impressed with mine either.
ReplyDeleteJora, your madeleines still look absolutely wonderful despite the small "glitch" and sometimes there is just no time to re-do things - I enjoyed reading your post!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice Wednesday!
Been there! I have found several of these recipes are not clear on the instructions. Kudos for you for continuing on with the recipe.
ReplyDeleteI did the same exact thing but it didn't seem to matter much with the sugar. Ah, well. Learn to read, right.
ReplyDeleteOh, gosh, I'm so glad I'm not the only one to make goofs in the kitchen! These were fine, but you really didn't miss out on anything spectacular :)
ReplyDeleteI think we've all misread a recipe - they didn't turn out too badly, though, so I'd call that a win.
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