Butter Cake
If you want a classic Dutch pastry Boterkoek or Butter Cake is your way to go. Butter Cake is an old Dutch-Jewish pastry that was eaten during the shabbat. A butter cake is only a butter cake if you use butter, so no margarine! In …
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Apricot Pie
Can you tell I love pies? I really do.. Luckily it’s what my region of the Netherlands is known for! This time I’ll share an all-time favourite: Apricot Pie. It’s simple, it’s delicious AND it’s orange, the national colour of the Netherlands. Ingredients Filling 500 …
Lapis Legit
If you are on a diet turn around now! Take a look at the ingredients, this cake is not for the faint hearted. But it’s so, so delicious.. Spekkoek is a type of Indonesian layer cake. It was developed during colonial times in the Dutch East …
Stroopwafel
The recipe you have all been waiting for: Stroopwafels aka Dutch Waffles! Stroopwafels are two waffle halves filled with a caramel-like syrup. They are often sold at fairs and flea markets. I used a waffle cone maker to bake the waffles, I have not …
Black Plum Pie
Happy π-day! I will be celebrating pi(e) day with this gorgeous black plum pie, or as we call it: Sjwatse proemevlaai! If you don’t like plums you can substitute them with dried apricots. Ingredients Filling 500gr dried black plums water to soak 100gr sugar Coarse sugar …
Banoffee cupcakes
The first signs of spring are showing in the Netherlands! Sunshine all around, but the wind is still cold. Create these yummy banoffee cupcakes with banana, honey, cream cheese frosting and caramel syrup to taste the summer while enjoying the sun from behind the window. …
South-Dutch Donuts
Poefele and Nonnevotte.. Most Dutchies won’t even be able to tell you what these are. This is because they are a variety of the oliebollen I told you earlier about, but only eaten in the south of the Netherlands, Limburg. They are enjoyed during Carnaval, a Christian …
Pink Cakes
These lovely pink glazed cakes are well in time for Valentines day < 3 But delicious any time of the year. A roze koek (“pink cake”) is a typical Dutch pastry. It consists of a small flat cake with a layer of pink icing. On …
Breakfast Cake
Originally called ‘peperkoek’, because most spices were called “pepper” back when they were first introduced in Europe. It is a kind of sweet bread that is used to sweeten and bind stews or to eat for breakfast, as the name implies. This recipe is part …
