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Boterkoek

Dense Dutch butter cake scented with vanilla and lemon zest.

Boterkoek — illustrative food image

About Boterkoek

Nicole Holten presents boterkoek as a familiar Dutch favourite built around butter, sugar and flour. Her plain version adds vanilla seeds and lemon zest to a dense, sweet dough.

Egg binds the mixture and also forms a separate glaze on its surface. The dough is pressed into a buttered pan, with the tines of a fork leaving the characteristic pattern across the top.

The baked cake cools completely before it is cut. Nicole serves it in narrow slices or small squares, reflecting the rich, compact texture of this butter-heavy Dutch treat.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Milk, Egg.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Boterkoek

Nicole Holten's plain Dutch boterkoek.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Unsalted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual22/29 plus pan greasing30, own unsalted preference52 selected.
  • Flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual23 generic flour, cereal unspecified; legacy wheat unverified by exact own source.
  • Sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual24.
  • Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual25 corrected own value65-66, no quantities in overview.
  • Eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual26/29 dough egg and30 whole egg glaze one allocation.
  • Vanilla bean: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual27/29 seeds scraped into dough, pod not imagined eaten.
  • Lemon zest: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual28/29.

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AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. Nicole Holten, The Dutch Table - Boterkoek