Real French people don't bake! At least they don't bake anything complicated, finicky, tricky or unreliable.

You can use melted butter instead of oil, but your cake may be a little denser.

Do the work you are most proud of

Real French people don't bake! At least they don't bake anything complicated, finicky, tricky or unreliable.

I often say that eggs and sugar should be beaten until they thicken and pale and sometimes, when there are lots of yolks, that's lemon colored.

Whenever you brown butter, some of it is lost - water evaporates, milk solids fall to the bottom of the pan, that kind of thing. It's possible that in browning the butter you ended up making the dough with too little butter.

Cooking and baking are pleasures and I want everyone to be able to experience and share them.