Aunt Margie's Madelines

6 Eggs
3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cups Cake Flour, sifted
4 Tbsp Margarine
Powder Sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, Grease and flour shell mold
In a mixing bowl, (preferably a bowl that will fit an electric mixer) whisk together eggs and sugar until fluffy, then place the bowl over -not in - simmering water and whisk until the mixture becomes warm to the touch.
Remove the bowl and place on the mixer. Whip at high speed until the mixture triples in volume. Reduce the speed to medium and continue whipping for 4 minutes.
In a small saucepan, melt the margarine, add the vanilla and set aside.
Remove the mixing bowl and gently fold in the flour, alternating the flour with the margarine mixture. Keep folding this mixture until all flour is blended in.
Pour about 1 - 1 1/2 Tbsp into each shell mold
Put in oven and bake for 15 minutes until lightly brown. Cool and powder sugar.
Makes about 48 shells
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Sponge Cake (Variation Aunt Margie has used)

2 Eggs
1/3 cup Sugar
1/4 tsp Salt
1/3 cup Flour
1/4 cup Corn Starch
Grease 8" x 1 1/2" round layer cake pan or madeline shells
In a small bowl of electric mixer beat eggs until fluffy. Gradually add sugar and salt, beating until mixture is double in volume and mounds slightly when dropped from spoon. Sift flour and corn starch over the egg mixture and fold into egg mixture until a batter is formed.
Pour in pan or molds. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.