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    Glazed Chocolate Orange Marbled Madeleines

    Published by Melissa on September 18, 2017 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 5 Comments

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    These Glazed Chocolate Orange Marbled Madeleines sound fancy, but they’re easy-to-make fun, little cakes that you can eat with your hands. 

    Glazed Chocolate Orange Marbled Madeleines on a white plate with a cup of tea

    This Marbled Madeleine recipe is adapted from a recipe in a delicious new cookbook I recieved, Orange Appeal: Savory and Sweet, written by my sweet friend, Jamie Schler. The beautiful photographs are by Ilva Beretta.

    Jamie Schler grew up in Florida, surrounded by citrus groves, so writing a cookbook filled with orange recipes is a perfect fit. Jamie blogs at Life’s a Feast and owns a hotel in France, which is on my bucket list to visit one day. 

    Orange-Appeal-Cover - The cookbook is filled with fabulous sweet and savory recipes with an orange twist. So you can "add a little sunshine to every meal."

    The cookbook is filled with fabulous sweet and savory recipes with an orange twist. So you can “add a little sunshine to every meal.”

    Jamie used Grand Marnier in her original marbled madeleine recipe, but I decide to use a mix of orange juice, orange zest, and Orange Blossom Water. Orange Blossom Water is fragrant, distilled from the fragrant blossoms of the bitter orange tree, and very concentrated. I only use ½ teaspoon Orange Blossom Water, but it added a bright orange flavor.

    Photo collage of making Glazed Chocolate Orange Marbled Madeleines

    You will need two madeleine pans (15.75-Inch-by-7.75-Inch) to make this recipe. Even though they’re non-stick pans, I spray them with a non-stick baking spray with flour as well.

    I made these marbled madeleines twice. The first time for these photos, and the second time for the video. The first time I swirled the batters together with a knife.

    The second time I put the batters in Ziploc bags, so I could pipe them into the pan without worrying about scratching my pan when I swirled the batter together. Both ways worked well.

    My family loves the extra sweetness and burst of flavor the glaze adds to the madeleines.

    Another change I made was to add an orange glaze. My family loves the extra sweetness and burst of flavor the glaze adds to the madeleines.

    I froze one batch and served them at a dinner party a week later. They froze beautifully and our guests loved the madeleines as much as my family did.

    They’re an impressive dessert that are really easy to make and I’m sure your family and friends will love them too.

    Glazed Chocolate Orange Marbled Madeleines on a white plate with a cup of tea
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    Glazed Chocolate Orange Marbled Madeleines

    Prep Time20 mins
    Cook Time10 mins
    Total Time30 mins
    Course: Cakes
    Servings: 24 Madeleines
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Ingredients

    • 2 large eggs
    • 10 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
    • ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated white sugar
    • Zest of one medium orange
    • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
    • ½ teaspoon orange blossom water
    • Pinch of salt
    • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
    • 1 packed tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

    Orange Glaze:

    • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
    • 3 – 4 tablespoons freshly-squeezed orange juice
    • ¼ teaspoon orange blossom water

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 400° F. Lightly butter a 12 x 3-inch Madeleine mold. (I used non-stick baking spray with flour.)
    • Separate the eggs, placing the whites with a few grains of salt in a very clean bowl. Whip the egg whites to firm but not stiff peaks. Set aside.
    • In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until well blended and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks, zest, juice, orange blossom water, and salt until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the flour, and beat just until combined and smooth.
    • Fold the whipped egg whites into the batter until completely blended in and no white is visible. The batter should be thick and very smooth.
    • Divide the batter evenly into 2 bowls. Using a spatula, fold the cocoa powder and vanilla into 1 of the bowls, until well blended.
    • Spoon equal parts of each batter into the indentations of the prepared pan, about ¾ full. Marble the 2 batters together by dragging the tip of a sharp knife through the 2 colors of batter to create a swirl pattern in each Madeleine.
    • Bake for about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven when the center of each Madeleine is set and puffed and the edges are golden.
    • Allow to cool for 1–2 minutes in the mold before popping them out, using the point of a sharp knife and a gentle hand, or turning the pan over and tapping on the bottom. Cool completely on a cooling rack.

    Disclosure: I was given a review copy of Orange Appeal to review, but all opinions expressed are always my own. 

    More recipes you might like:

    Lemon Glazed Madeleines, Barbara Bakes
    Utah Honey Madeleines, Vintage Mixer
    Meyer Lemon Madeleine, The Little Kitchen
    Chocolate Dipped Madeleines, Big Bears Wife

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    1. Judy Griffith

      January 21, 2018 at 6:37 pm

      Just curious.  What was the grand marnier amount in the original recipe.

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      • Barbara Schieving

        January 22, 2018 at 2:34 pm

        Hi Judy – here’s the original recipe using Grand Marnier http://www.domenicacooks.com/recipes/chocolate-orange-grand-marnier-marbled-madeleines/

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        • Judy Griffith

          January 25, 2018 at 7:00 pm

          Thanks so much!!

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    2. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

      September 25, 2017 at 1:51 am

      These look gorgeous! I love the dipping idea too 😀 xxx

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    3. DessertForTwo

      September 19, 2017 at 7:38 am

      I really want this cookbook now!!!

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