English Madeleines

Yesterday I started baking a baking a chocolate mousse cake - watch this space!. We are having a family get together on Saturday at my Mum and Dad's house, so of course I have offered to bring a couple of desserts. I made the sponge as Mary said you could then freeze it. This all went well, and having put me in the mood for baking, I decided to make these madeleines.
Now, the recipe says that you need dariole moulds. I do not own these, and am not planning on buying them either, so I thought I would have a go at using some silicone cupcake moulds that I have. I realised that the shape would not be quite the same - the dariole moulds make the cakes taller and thinner, but I thought I would give it a go and see what happened. As you can see by the picture, dariole moulds are not essential! I was very pleased with my efforts. Basically this is a fairy cake mixture, but made to look more appealing with the jam and coconut.
This was a fun recipe to make, and I was sorry that the kids were not with me to make them. They were pretty tasty too - 8.0
I am now up to 98 recipes, so with lots of baking to do for this weekend, I should make it to 100 very soon!