Dessert Netherlands
Dutch Spiced Breakfast Cake (Ontbijtkoek)
Estimated 30-45 mins
8 Ingredients
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
Self-raising Flour250g
Dark Brown Soft Sugar250g
Milk250g
Sugar4
Ginger1 tablespoon
Cardamom1/2 tsp
Baking Powder1 tsp
SaltPinch
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 160˚C (320˚F) Line a cake pan with parchment paper and set aside.
2
Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Place the milk in a small saucepan and heat it until it is almost boiling but not quite.
3
Pour the milk slowly into the dry ingredients while whisking. Don't overmix! As soon as it is combined to a smooth batter you pour it into the cake pan. Sprinkle the pearl sugar over the top and bake it in the oven for about 1 hour.
4
Check after about 50 minutes how the cake is progressing. If a cake tester comes out clean the cake it cooked. If not let it cook for a little longer.