Answer:

madeleine

Answer	Crossword Clue
MADELEINE	Secretary of State Albright
MADELEINE	Shell-shaped sponge cake
MADELEINE	"A Wrinkle in Time" author L'Engle

MADELEINE	Former Secretary of State Albright
MADELEINE	Small French cake immortalized by Proust
MADELEINE	Proustian cake
MADELEINE	Small, rich cupcake
MADELEINE	Shell-shaped cake
MADELEINE	Entering Maine, take out small cake (9)
MADELEINE	French cake immortalized by Marcel Proust
MADELEINE	First name in the Cabinet

MADELEINE	..... Albright, Secretary of State
MADELEINE	Member of Bill's cabinet