Heat the oven to 175°C/Gas mark 3 ½. Melt the butter in a pan and then cook it until it starts to brown and smell aromatic, then remove from the heat and pour into a heatproof bowl to cool at room temperature
225g of butter
2
Whisk the eggs with caster sugar until they are light and a thick ribbon forms
5 eggs
125g of caster sugar
3
Melt the demerara sugar and honey together until they reach 120°C. Pour the honey mixture onto the eggs, whisking continuously until cool. Fold in the flour, baking powder and butter
125g of Demerara sugar
25g of honey
225g of plain flour
5g of baking powder
4
Scoop the batter into 12 madeleine moulds and bake for 12-15 minutes until cooked. Once baked, tip out of the mould and cool until they are still slightly warm
5
Arrange the madeleines in a shallow bowl, lightly dust with icing sugar and serve immediately