English Madeleines

These conical English madeleines, coated in coconut and with a cherry on top, symbolize traditional afternoon tea. The taste of the delicate sponge with the cherry and coconut always gives me ‘a remembrance of things past’, as French writer Marcel Proust discovered when he tasted the French madeleines served at tea by his aunt. Whenever I set eyes on a madeleine, I want to recapture the past - afternoon tea, with customers enjoying madeleines, the pretty sight and scent of