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Spice Cake (Kruidkoek)

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Nana
A traditional Dutch spice cake fragrant with cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Transcribed from the family's handwritten recipe.
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 45 min
8
Easy
Ingredients
- 12 oz self-raising flour
- 8 oz sugar
- 1 dessertspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- Ground cloves, to taste
- 2–3 eggs
- ½ glass water
Instructions
- 1
Grease the cake tin and dust it with breadcrumbs (Vorm invetten = breadcrumbs).
- 2
Mix the dough, adding the ginger, and fold in the egg white (Deeg mengen, ginger erin, eggwhite).
- 3
Beat it up and pour it into the pan, then bake (Opkloppen en in the pan).
Tips & Notes
This is a faithful transcription of the family's original handwritten recipe, with light English clarifications added in brackets.
Added by Michael Duregon on 27 July 2026
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