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  Since we've all been stuck inside for lockdown, many people are currently baking to pass the time, including me! So, Curly Cooks is a series on the various items that I'm making while on lockdown, most of which will carry personal stories. Today's recipe is one that reminds me of my time in France: Madeleines. Curly Cooks: Madeleines Madeleines were one of the many snacks provided at my work (along with the palmiers , pains aux raisins and chaussons aux pommes ). They were my favourite and I always got excited when I got a madeleine. So, I decided to try and make them. They seem quite difficult as there are a lot of steps and they are easy to get wrong, but I managed to make them successfully on my first try, so maybe they aren't as hard as they seem. Jump to Recipe First of all, you want to melt your butter. Some recipes call for brown

  Since we're all stuck inside for lockdown, many people are currently baking to pass the time, including me! So, Curly Cooks is a series on the various items that I'm making while on lockdown, most of which will carry personal stories. Today's recipe is an afternoon tea classic and an all time favourite: Lemon Drizzle Cake. Curly Cooks: Lemon Drizzle Cake My mum used to make this tasty treat a lot when I was younger, with a few fundamental differences: she did it as a traybake, and she called it 'crunchy top' lemon cake. This was thanks to the tasty layer of lemon juice and sugar that she would pour on the top when it was hot. So, my version of this recipe is a mixture of her recipe and the classic one.             Jump to Recipe First of all you want to cream together the butter and sugar, then add the eggs and stir it until it is all mixed in. Next, add the self raising flour to make