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The madeleine (French pronunciation:, English: / ˈ m æ d l eɪ n / or / ˌ m æ d l ˈ eɪ n / [1]) or petite madeleine ([pə.tit mad.lɛn]) is a traditional small cake from Commercy and Liverdun, two communes of the Lorraine region in northeastern France.
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The cake later became simply an Easter cake. [ 18 ] The meaning of the word "simnel" is unclear: there is a 1226 reference to "bread made into a simnel", which is understood to mean the finest white bread, [ 19 ] from the Latin simila , "fine flour" (from which ' semolina ' also derives).
' Easter dove ') is an Italian traditional Easter bread, the Easter counterpart of the two well-known Italian Christmas desserts, panettone and pandoro. The dough for the colomba is made in a similar manner to panettone, with flour, eggs, sugar, natural yeast and butter; unlike panettone, it usually contains candied peel and no raisins.
Ma'amoul is usually made during the holidays of Easter, and a few days before Eid (then stored to be served with Arabic coffee and chocolate to guests who come during the holiday). [1] [2] It is popular throughout the Arab world, [3] especially in the Arabian Peninsula. [4] They may be in the shape of balls, domed or flattened cookies.
Folar da Páscoa vary by region, many contain hard boiled eggs, held in place by a cross of bread dough alluding to the festivites surrounding Easter. [51] Godparents traditionally gave each of their godchildren one of these cakes. [52] Folar de Vale de Ílhavo are scented with cinnamon. The eggs are dyed by boiling the eggs with onion skin.
Easter biscuits are a traditional [citation needed] British cuisine gift, given to guests on Easter Sunday. [1] Originating from the West Country, [2] they are made from flour, butter, egg yolk, baking powder, and sugar. Lightly spiced, the currant-studded soft and round biscuits have a soft, biscuity, sugary crunch.
La Madeleine, a parish in Faycelles in the Lot département; see Liberty Tree; La Madeleine, a village in Guérande in the Loire-Atlantique département; Madeleine (river), in eastern France; Col de la Madeleine, a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Savoie in France; Madeleine cemetery (Cimetière de la Madeleine), Paris, a ...