Yesterday I shared a cake with you, today we continue with this vanilla cream pie. The pie is topped with the poached pears in red wine I shared with you last week. We love a good pie at our house and this one was a big hit. With its warm …

Yesterday I shared a cake with you, today we continue with this vanilla cream pie. The pie is topped with the poached pears in red wine I shared with you last week. We love a good pie at our house and this one was a big hit. With its warm …
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 …
Gevulde speculaas is speculaas stuffed with almond paste, and it’s amazing. It’s a traditional cookie/treat to serve around Sinterklaas in the Netherlands. This is around November and December. You can buy it in the stores in the Netherlands from September till December. Making it yourself at home is however not …
It’s that time of the year again to bake your own Dutch ginger cookies aka Dutch kruidnoten. Dutch ginger nuts (you can translate it in so many ways) are already for sale in stores since the end of August, but nothing beats homemade kruidnoten. It’s fun to make the Dutch …
In November, Sinterklaas will arrive in the Netherlands again. It immediately sounded like a good idea to combine speculaas and waffles together; speculaas waffles are really delicious! Speculaas seasoning is connected to the days getting colder, the time we need something to warm us inside. Speculaas seasoning has that effect. …
These cookies are a Dutch traditional food just like Kruidnoten, which is delicious and served around and on Sinterklaas. Dutch speculaas are cookies with seasoning which gives it a warm feeling inside. I usually can’t get enough of it and keep on eating it. Homemade they are the best! Each …
These grilled cheese sticks are so cute and delicious. They are perfect to serve with Homemade Tomato Soup, which is what we did. Paul prepared these easy cheese soup sticks. He shaped them in the shape of the cane of Sinterklaas since we had them in that season. But these …
Homemade soup is the best! Paul prepared this recipe for homemade tomato soup for us around Sinterklaas, but the soup is suitable all year long. Then instead of drawing a miter just make a swirl with the crème fraiche, it won’t change anything flavor wise. This homemade tomato soup with …
So it’s February, still a bit early for a Sinterklaas recipe, but I’m actually late with this Apricot Puff Pastry Letter. I had meant to publish it just before Sinterklaas 2021, but I didn’t get around to do it. So here it is, better late than never and certainly in …