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Kuih baulu (shell-shaped small cakes)

Baulu are small butter sponge cakes moulded into a shell shape, golden and delicately flavoured with lemon. They are traditionally given during festivities and keep well in a tin.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Pâte

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

Nutrition facts

174 kcal per serving

Protein
3.4 g
Carbohydrates
21.2 g
of which sugars
12.8 g
Fat
8.3 g
Fiber
0.4 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and lightly butter a shell-shaped madeleine tin.
  2. Whisk the eggs with the sugar for 5 minutes until the mixture is frothy and pale.
  3. Sift the flour with the baking powder and gently fold it into the mixture with a spatula.
  4. Add the warm melted butter, the zest and the lemon juice, then mix gently without deflating the foam.
  5. Spoon a little batter into each mould, filling them three-quarters full.
  6. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes until the edges are golden and the centre springs back.
  7. Unmould as soon as they leave the oven and let them cool on a rack.

Variations and tips

Vanilla version. Replace the lemon zest with half a scraped vanilla pod.

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Original Ecomely recipe.