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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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 …
Advocaat no-bake cake
In my last post I told you about advocaat, a Dutch custard-like eggnog. Today I will be sharing an old recipe for no-bake advocaat cake! Ingredients 100 gr butter 100 gr sugar 1 tbsp vanilla sugar 3 eggs 200 ml Advocaat 8 leaves gelatin 250 …
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 …
