Chocolate Madeleines: delicious with a cup of coffee or a glass of milk.
Jan from Family Bites is about to welcome her third baby boy and along with a slew of bloggers we are celebrating this with a virtual baby shower. Jan is in the part of her pregnancy that feels like it is interminable. There is no comfortable position to sit or lay down, but that baby will come.
I have a five year gap between my two boys so I forgot a lot of what it was like to have a baby in the house. I know Jan has an even bigger gap between this little boy and your other sons, so here is a little list of what my Kit reminded me of that may help jog Jan’s memory:
15 Things You May Have Forgotten About Having a Baby in the House
- getting up in the night still really sucks
- you may as well name your washer & dryer because you will be spending a lot of quality time together
- get a few bottles of stain remover for all that laundry
- have stacks of receiving blankets if you have a spit up machine like both of my little dudes
- you will get sick of watching tv
- boob pain – you know what I mean
- becoming obsessed with poop
- the love and hate relationship with babycenter.ca forums (it’s a trap – stay away)
- those 0-3 month clothes last about a day before he will grow out of them
- the old adage of ‘sleep when the baby sleeps’ is still pretty much impossible to follow through on
- that first real smile is just the best thing in the world
- baby toots are always funny
- 4-8 pm is crazy hectic so plan nothing around that time
- Kijiji or Craigslist is a great place for all that baby gear you kinda want to buy new but know that you shouldn’t
- good God almighty those infant carseats are heavy
Welcome back to the baby trenches, Jan!
Does anyone have anything else to add to my list?
Be sure to visit all the other blogs listed below to read about the delicious treats and snack they all made for the #BabyFamilyBites Virtual Shower.
Chocolate Madeleines
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter melted & cooled
- 4 eggs room temperature
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 1/4 cup flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder dutch processed
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 salt
Instructions
- Melt the butter and set it aside to cool for at least a half hour.
- In a bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder.
- In a stand mixer with the whisk attachment or with electric beaters, beat the eggs with the sugar until they are very pale yellow. This will take 4 or 5 minutes.
- Fold in the flour mixture. When that is nearly all mixed in, pour in the butter and fold that in until it is fully incorporated.
- Put the batter in the fridge for about an hour to chill.
- Preheat the oven to 375 F.
- Scoop in approximately 2 tbsp of batter into each well in a madeleine pan. Do not spread the batter, it will melt in the oven. Put the bowl back in the fridge if you don't have enough pans to bake all the batter in one go.
- Bake at 375 F for 10 minutes or until the madeleines are springy to the touch in the centre. If they are still soft and your finger leaves a dent then put them back in the oven for another minute.
- Remove them from the pan and cool them on a rack.
- Cool the pan with cold water before filling the pan again.
Here is the list of all the other blogger participating in the #BabyFamilyBites Virtual Baby Shower – be sure to visit all of them.
Mardi from eat. live. travel. write made blueberry cheesecake macarons
Julie from Dinner with Julie made Meyer lemon scones
Heather from The Tasty Gardener made Cream Puffs with Caramel Cream and Chocolate Pretzel Top
Isabelle from Crumb: A Food Blog made Blackberry Meringue Bars
Jennifer from Seasons and Suppers made Baby Blueberry Beignets
Christina from Strawberries For Supper made Chocolate Madeleines
Aimée from Simple Bites made Roasted Turnip Hummus
Jenny from The Brunette Baker made Wild Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins
Liliana from My Cookbook Addiction made mini-cupcakes
Carole from The Yum Yum Factor made Beet and Blue Cheese Canapes
Charmian from The Messy Baker made Piglet Muffins
Amy from Family Feedbag made Marmalade Poke Cake
Brittany from My Daily Randomness made Caramel + Pumpkin Parfait
Meg from Sweet Twist of Blogging made Carrot Apple Loaf
Louisa from Living Lou made Maple Walnut Cookies
Libby from Libby Roach Photography made Butter Baked Good’s Peanut Butter Sandwich cookie
Robyn from Planet Byn made Milk & Cookies Shooters
I don’t have anything to add, obviously, but thank you for participating in the shower with these lovely madeleines! I know Jan would absolutely love them! (And your Kit is a cutie pie, I am sure you forgive him all the sleepless nights and laundry!)
It was my pleasure to participate :). Little Kit is becoming a good little sleeper now. I hope this trait continues and isn’t a fluke.
I also love how you packaged these up in pink tissue paper for Simon to bring to work for Valentine’s Day! I’m sure everyone loved them, and what an elegant treat to bring to a baby shower [virtual or not]!!
Love your list. I don’t have kids but with experience via friends and family truly believe those carseats are getting heavier each year. I used to be able to lift one with my index finger. Now it’s almost a work out! On the plus side, they’re much safer!
By the way, those madeleines look fabulous. I could go for one right about now.
While I can’t relate I can definitely get behind these! Lovely!
So beautiful! I must bust out my madeleine pan and make these (I’ve never made chocolate ones, but have always wanted to. Thanks for the recipe! 🙂
Thanks Jennifer! My recipe leans closer to the cake side of madeleines but that is my preference. I messed up the photos the first couple rounds with these (may have been subconsciously) so I’ve had these with my coffee for a few days now. 🙂 It remains a mystery why the baby weight refuses to budge…
Thank you so much for these decadent treats. We absolutely LOVE madeleines here so they are beyond perfect. I also love your little list of reminders. Not only are those car seats heavy, but the base is so much bigger than it was 13 years ago. I’m mentally preparing myself for the sleepless nights and hours of crying – somehow I think it will all be worth it. Thanks again for everything. I’m so glad you were part of the shower!
You will be great at this baby thing again Jan! I’m trying hard to remind myself to linger on those little baby moments that I rushed through with Timothy. I’m always around if you need someone to complain to when things get tough. We all need that, no matter how much we love our children. God made babies cute for a reason.
Love the looks of these chocolate madeleines, Christina! Recipes like this make me wish I had a madeleine pan…maybe one of these days!
I’ve been wanting to try these in mini muffin tins. They would be like two-bite brownies. 🙂
These are gorgeous! I am in awe that you managed to whip up a batch of madeleines with a little one (and a medium-sized one) in the house. Seriously, I can barely manage, and I just have a pair of whiny cats to contend with! 🙂
I tend not to say this out loud with mums of babies in earshot, but Patrick sleeps through the night (knock on wood) and naps fairly well. 🙂 I so hope I didn’t just royally jinx myself by admitting that little secret.
Oh my, funny! Bringing back memories… And yet somewhow I would do it all over again 🙂
Such a beautiful recipe Christina! And while I cannot relate to the list today, I might someday in the future!