Molten Madeleines

Preparation info
  • Yield:

    24

    madeleines
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Madeleines: Elegant French Tea Cakes to Bake & Share

By Barbara Feldman Morse

Published 2014

  • About

Molten chocolate cakes were all the rage in the 1980s thanks to chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, who is thought to have created the decadent dessert. Some bakers use complicated methods to achieve the soufflé-like cake, but mimicking the silky interior in a madeleine is simple: before baking, place 6 or 7 chocolate chips into the batter in each mold. The chips fall into the middle and remain soft an