Red Velvet madeleines with white chocolade

I’ve got the perfect Valentine’s day recipe for you today! Delicious and beautifully red velvet madeleines. The biggest difference with classic madeleines is of course the bright red color. Which makes these the perfect gift for Valentine.

Red velvet madeleines

Making these red velvet madeleines is not very different from making a traditional madeleine. You need a madeleine pan (something like this one) and it is easiest to make them with a stand mixer or electric mixer.

What do you need to make the madeleines:

For making these pretty madeleines you will need the following ingredients:

• unsalted butter
• eggs
• granulated sugar
• all purpose flour
• cocoa powder
• vanilla extract (optional)
• red food coloring – it’s good to know that the amount of red food coloring needed is depending on the type of coloring you use and even the brand can be different.
• white chocolate – for decoration
• Valentine sprinkles

You start the proces by adding the eggs and the sugar together in a large bowl and whipping them until they are very light. In the meantime melt the butter in a small saucepan.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix them together until smooth. At that point it is time to add the food coloring. If you’re unsure of how much you need add a little bit at a time until the batter has the desired color.

Chill the batter in the fridge for at least two hours.

Once the batter is chilled properly divide it over the prepared madeleine pan. This is easiest if you use a piping bag for easy distribution but two teaspoons or a small cookie scoop also work.

Decorating

Once the edges of the red velvet madeleines are golden brown but not too brown (you still want to be able to see the beautiful red color) you take them out of the oven and place them on a cooling rack.

Melt the white chocolate in a double boiler and pipe some of the melted chocolate over the madeleines for a pretty effect and so the sprinkles will stick.

Melting chocolate in a piping bag

I have a nice little baking tip for you! When I need a small amount of chocolate for piping details or a drizzle, I like to melt the chocolate in a piping bag!

Put the chocolate in a disposable icing bag and hang it in a glass of warm water. Make sure water can’t get into the bag. Wait until the chocolate has completely melted. Then cut off the tip of the piping bag and use as you like.

In this case: drizzle the chocolate over the madeleines.