Yochana's Cake Delight! : Ontbytkoek

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Ontbytkoek

12 comments:

wombat said...: hi aunty!

may i know what is that? it's super new to me.. never heard of it..

regards,
wombat; March 11, 2008 10:08 pm
Aunty Yochana said...: hi wombat,

I also don't know leh...it's just a sponge cake with spices.

rgds; March 11, 2008 10:09 pm
Sonicstarburst said...: Hi Aunty,

WOW! Think it's sort of Dutch? My mom used to bake that when she was alive. I have been craving for it since she passed away. How do I get the recipe?

Thanks.; March 11, 2008 11:18 pm
Anonymous said...: Hi Aunty,

very surprised to see this on your blog! I live in Holland and ontbytkoek is Dutch! Actually it is spelled as ontbijtkoek, ontbijt means breakfast and koek means cookie. It is not exclusively eaten at breakfast though, also as a quick snack. But it is not spongecake like, it's more dry and chewy and eaten with some butter. And also the color is more dark, darkbrown. I visit your blog all the time to drool over the Asian goodies( as I'm Chinese and long for the food), so very funny to see this on your blog!

best regards,
rosalind; March 12, 2008 3:27 am
Aunty Yochana said...: Hi rosalind,

Wow thanks for the explanation. I really appreciate.

yes..it's somehow dry and chewy. Sorry for the spelling mistake. I followed the author..

Cake and cookie..all in one?? Funny how Dutch eat their dessert.

Rgds.; March 12, 2008 12:06 pm
Anita said...: Aunty,
the texture of this Ontbijtkoek actually is more or if i can say very close like our Chinese steam Huat Kuih,but this is somehow more sticky,sweet and full of mix spice flavour,l,some of the Ontbijkoeks has raisins,apples or stem ginger added. Wheat Ontbijkoeks also avalable now days.
This Ontbijkoeks are available in a long loaf shape size and also individual packed slices.

Let me know if you want to try some !; March 12, 2008 4:58 pm
Aunty Yochana said...: Hi Lady Vanilla,

Oh I would love to try the original but it's too troublesome for you.

Thanks for your offer.

rgds.; March 12, 2008 9:36 pm
Anonymous said...: Hi Aunty,

you're welcome lah! I love your blog and you always are so kind to share recipes and help to your visitors so I'm more than glad to offer the little explanation.

Ah, what can I say...Dutch are not known to have great taste...not a whole lot of great food over here. just lots of cheese! ;)

kind regards
Rosalind; March 13, 2008 2:30 am
Aunty Yochana said...: Hi Rosalind,

Yeah I know....they love Indonesian food I think..

rgds; March 13, 2008 2:59 pm
Unknown said...: Hi yochana, I really adore your blog. Are you a profesional baker or do you just do it for fun. I might try one of your cheesecakes, but everything looks so tempting!!

I live in Belgium where ontbijtkoek (also called honingkoek or peperkoek) is very common. Actually 'koek' means more of a cake than cookie here. The texture (and taste) is close to that of ginger bread. Sticky, aromatic, dense and treacly.

Hope this explains a bit!!; April 24, 2008 4:42 pm
Aunty Yochana said...: Oh Zeliha,

thanks for the explanation. Oops...mine doesn't look like what you have described. I'll try one orignal ontbytkoek next time.

rgds; April 25, 2008 9:28 pm
Anonymous said...: Ontbytkoek is not a spelling mistake, it's just the Afrikaans spelling! (Afrikaans often uses 'y' where Dutch uses 'ij'.); December 20, 2012 12:22 pm

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