French Madeleine Cake Recipe

Madeleines and the Ritz Hotel Paris

Madeleine cakes will forever be associated with the Ritz Hotel Paris for me. I enjoy the buttery little, melt-in-the-mouth madeleine cakes that are served alongside other biscuits and marble cake as part of my French-style afternoon tea in Salon Proust on most of my stays in Paris.

Marcel Proust who had rooms at the Ritz and regularly meet with friends at the Salon, loved madeleines, so even the white and gold porcelain tea service used in his namesake, Salon Proust, feature a golden madeleine as its emblem.

The white and gold porcelain tea service used at the Ritz is called 'The Art of Tea Collection' and is available for purchase directly from the Hotel in The Gallery (gallery of boutiques) in case you'd like to have your own tea service.