Over 20 years already De Drie Graefjes in Amsterdam, the Netherlands has delighted us with delicious cakes. They’re a lunchroom and American bakery in one. This isn’t the first review of a good bakery on the blog. Another perfect cake place in Amsterdam is Café Winkel 43. Utrecht also has …
Category: Cake
MonChou Cake with Kruidnoten
Let’s continue with the Sinterklaas recipes, since last Saturday he arrived in the country. It really is Sinterklaas season now. Sinterklaas is the perfect time to prepare a cake, so here’s a MonChou cake with kruidnoten. It’s a no bake cake with cream cheese. So if you have leftover kruidnoten …
Savory Bundt Cake with Bread Dough
We loved this savory bundt cake a lot. It was bread dough stuffed with sundried tomatoes and anchovy. Seriously good. Mostly I prepare sweet bundt cakes, but savory bundt cake recipes are also worth the time, I found out. I served it for breakfast and lunch, and it was perfect. …
Testing: Best Chocolate Cake Recipe
When I bake and cook I like to try out different recipes. Sometimes recipes don’t differentiate that much, other times you’ll come across the best chocolate cake recipe. I’ve tested different mayonnaise recipes and The Best Pizza Dough for Homemade Pizza, now I want to write about testing chocolate cake …
Eggnog Cheesecake with Oreo Crust
This Eggnog Cheesecake is simply delicious. In the US eggnog seems to be tied to Christmas, however in the Netherlands it’s more tied to Easter and Spring recipes. Yellow is the color associated with Easter (and purple). However, I made this recipe for eggnog cheesecake in July. I still had …
Raspberry Butter Cake Perfect for Valentine’s Day
This Raspberry Butter Cake is really delicious. I prepared it on Monday and now on Wednesday it’s almost gone. It’s that good. I actually wanted to make it for Valentine’s Day, but I already had other sweets prepared, so decided to postpone making this recipe. This cake would be perfect …
Pancake Surprise Cake
Paul and Yuri had so much fun building and decorating this cake. Most of the fun from making the Pancake Surprise Cake came from eating the decoration (candy) while preparing the cake. Luckily they only ate a bit and there was enough left over to decorate the cake. At Sinterklaas …
Blackberry Mascarpone Tart
For Easter I made this super delicious Blackberry Mascarpone tart. Easy to prepare and topped with fresh fruit. We loved this tart. I showed a whole lot of recipes of cakes and tart I could make to Paul, and he picked this one. The crust of this blackberry tart with …
Mother’s Day Cake
This year for Mother’s day, I prepared a cake for my mom. She got it a week early and loved it. It’s a happy mother’s day cake with whipped cream and strawberries, in the shape of a heart. A simple, but delicious cake. Easy to surprise your loved ones with. …
No Bake Oreo Cheesecake
Well Oreo and cheesecake lovers rejoice. This cake is the best. It’s no-bake, it has Oreo’s and cream cheese in it. It is so delicious. I made it for my parent’s 45th wedding anniversary, which we celebrated last year in my parent’s garden. Everybody enjoyed it and the cake was …