A really simple bake for Halloween: you can bake these from scratch using my recipe, or you can cheat and grab a pack of ready made madeleines from the supermarket and decorate them like mine! 

They're the perfect alternative to cupcakes for a Halloween grazing board, or to gift at parties. Be sure to bake them on the day you're serving them as they're not a cake that lasts so well! 

This recipe will be featured in October's Cat Food Chronicle, a mini magazine that's included in every subscription box, with recipes and articles as well as info about what is inside the box. 

Enjoy! Cat Food x 

Madeleine Ingredients

2 eggs

100g caster sugar

100g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

100g unsalted butter 

1 tsp vanilla extract - or try lemon or orange zest if you like. 

Extra flour and butter for preparing your Madeleine tin. 

To Decorate

300g chocolate of your choice or candy melts. 

Chocolate colouring - I use colour mill, but use this sparingly as it can affect the taste of the cakes. 

Sprinkles and spooky decorations - Use CATFOODCAKES to get a discount at Shire Bakery! 

Method

1. Melt the butter and leave to cool. 
2. While the butter is cooling, whisk the eggs and sugar until thick and pale, then carefully add the flour and baking powder, folding in a little at time. 
3. Mix a large spoonful of the batter into the melted butter and then fold the mixture into the rest of the batter.  Cover in cling film, and chill for a few hours (or up to 2 days) before baking. 
4. An hour before baking, grease and flour your Madeleine tin, tapping any excess away. Chill the tray in the freezer. 
5. Spoon the batter into the Madeleine tin, and bake at 200 celsius for 8-10 minutes. Turn them out onto a wire rack immediately to cool. 
6. Decorate with melted chocolate and sprinkles. I use white chocolate coloured with lime green color mill and dark chocolate to make frankensteins, orange color mill with white chocolate for the pumpkins, white chocolate for mummies - sprinkles are all from Shire Bakery!