Magdalenas are sweet, light, and fluffy Spanish cakes that are typically made with a combination of eggs, sugar, butter, flour, baking powder, milk, and lemon zest or vanilla essence for flavoring. Visually, magdalenas are quite similar to muffins.In Spain, they are most commonly consumed for breakfast with a cup of coffee. In the past, these small treats were traditionally baked for holidays and birthdays, but nowadays they can be found throughout Spain, in supermarkets and bakeries. Some say that the name magdalenas is derived from a story about a young girl named Magdalena, who used to give these cakes to pilgrims who were going to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. Yum
