Method

• 1.
  Sift the flour and baking powder into a bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs, caster sugar and honey until thick and pale, and the mixture leaves a ribbon trail when lifted with the whisk. Fold in the flour mixture, then fold in the almond meal and melted butter. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• 2.
  Preheat the oven to 160°C. Grease an 18-hole madeleine pan.
• 3.
  Spoon batter into madeleine moulds until level, then bake for 8-10 minutes until golden and they spring back to the touch. Transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly.
• 4.
  Dust madeleines with icing sugar, then divide among plates with cumquats in syrup, 1 tsp honeycomb, if using, and a dollop of cream.