Nothing beats the smell of home baked cookies. This stimulating experience actually starts with the licking of the mixing bowl to the tasting of the warm cookies, fresh from the oven. It also evokes a nice reminder of the time when I, as a child, assisted my mom in baking an apple pie. I like…
When in Holland I have my favorite foods. High on the list of my favorite pastry is ‘hazelnoot schuimgebak’. In English; hazelnut meringue pastry. Inspired by this delicious treat I now present to you the new Pandan Coconut Meringue. A sandwich of two crisp meringue cake layers with a filling of pandan pastry creme and sprinkled with…
The influence of Dutch cuisine in Indonesia can often be seen in the desserts. Klappertaart is a well known coconut tart (aka kue kelapa or coconut cake) coming from Manado, North Sulawesi, formerly known as Celebes, an island in Indonesia. To bring it closer to home, my mother’s grandmother is from Manado. I bet her version…
The Indo Dutch cuisine knows a lot of sweet delights: from cakes, puddings, steamed-, baked- and deep-fried pastries. One of the most well known cakes is the Pandan Cake (recipe in my 1st Dutch book) – which is also called a Chiffon cake, a light and fluffy cake with subtle, gentle, fragrant flavours of Pandan, from…
In honor of our King Alexander, we present an appropriate cake that belongs to the classics in the former Dutch Indies: Konginskroon (Dutch for King’s Crown). It was already found in East Indien cookbooks as early as the 19th century. There are various recipes and often it is about layers of cake sprinkled with a…
Baking homemade cookies is a favorite pastime. Ideally I make my own Chocolate Chip Cookies. They taste the best