Sweet pastry

Sponge cake for trifle

Straight to the recipe Mrs Beeton's recipe Trifle is built on a layer of sponge cake. Since I have used Mrs Beeton's recipe…

11 years ago

White tourte, a favourite of Pope Julius III

Straight to the recipe Sweet Italian pastry from the sixteenth century In the Netherlands we are used to abdications. This year,…

11 years ago

Peperkoek, the Dutch version of gingerbread

A delicious treat This 'pepper cake' is very popular in the Netherlands, and is known under several other names, like ontbijtkoek (breakfast cake)…

11 years ago

Jane Austen’s Apple Pie

Straight to the recipe Or: Plagiarism and Hackwork Who does not love apple pie? At least, good apple pie, because there are…

12 years ago

Excellent cookies

  This is a recipe for small but rich cookies. High tea is not customary in the Netherlands, but we do…

17 years ago

Cranberry-walnutbread

This is a really festive bread. It's tasty, and looks merry with the little red berries. I like eating it…

17 years ago

Sluberkens

Straight to the recipe Medieval pasties with bone marrow In 2006 I acquired the book Bones by Australian chef de cuisine Jennifer McLagan.…

18 years ago

Moutayes

Straight to the recipe Moutayes are sweet fritters from the Mauritian cuisine. This recipe is published with the recipe for Vindaye, Mauritian fish…

18 years ago

Medieval apple fritters

Straight to the recipe In the Netherlands apple fritters are traditional food on New Year's Eve. I have chosen an English recipe…

18 years ago

Dutch muffins with speculaas spices

There are two kinds of muffins, English ones, and American muffins. Muffins originate from England, but are also very popular…

18 years ago