Best 9 Boterkoek Dutch Pastry Butter Cake Recipes

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Boterkoek is a traditional Dutch pastry butter cake that is characterized by its dense, buttery texture and crumbly crust. It is a popular treat in the Netherlands and is often served with tea or coffee. The history of boterkoek dates back to the 17th century, and it has become a beloved part of Dutch cuisine. If you are looking for a delectable pastry that is sure to impress your friends and family, look no further than boterkoek!

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

BOTERKOEK



Boterkoek image

Boterkoek means "butter cake" in Dutch, and all that that implies. A rich, buttery treat that is not really a cake, but is not quite a cookie either.

Provided by Eileen Gray

Categories     Cookies & Bar Cookies

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 5

2 cups (10 oz, 280g) all purpose flour
1 cup (8 oz, 224g) superfine sugar (see note)
1/4 teaspoon table salt
2 sticks (8 oz, 224g) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 egg, whisked

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line the bottom of a 9" tart pan or spring form pan with a parchment paper round.
  • In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Toss in the butter and use your fingers or the mixer paddle to work the butter into the flour until there are no large lumps of butter.
  • Remove 1 tablespoon of the whisked egg and set it aside. Add the rest of the egg to the dough and mix just until it comes together.
  • Press the dough into the prepared pan. Smooth until the top is level and flat.
  • Brush the reserved egg onto the top of the dough. Use a fork to create a lattice pattern on top of the dough.
  • Bake until the edges and top of the cake are golden brown, about 20-25 minutes.
  • Cool completely in the pan. Cut into 16 wedges to serve.

OMA'S BOTERKOEK (DUTCH BUTTERCAKE)



Oma's Boterkoek (Dutch Buttercake) image

This is Boterkoek (Dutch Buttercake) just like my Oma (grandma) used to make. She passed away over a year ago now and I really started to crave it. I hope you like it as much as I did growing up! :)

Provided by Debra1113

Categories     Dessert

Time 50m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

2/3 cup margarine or 2/3 cup half-and-half
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
1 egg, beaten (reserve 1 tsp)
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
sliced almonds, for garnish (optional)

Steps:

  • In medium bowl, mix together butter, sugar and almond extract.
  • Add beaten egg except for 1 teaspoon.
  • Sift flour and baking powder, and add to bowl, mixing with wet ingredients.
  • Put dough in greased 9 inch pie plate.
  • Mix the reserved 1 tsp of beaten egg with 1 tsp of water, and brush over dough.
  • Sprinkle with sliced almonds, if desired. (My Oma always used the almonds, it looks pretty and adds a nice touch!).
  • Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes or until done (firm to the touch).
  • This is a dense cake, but should be soft on the inside and hard on the outside, but not too hard!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 219.4, Fat 10.8, SaturatedFat 6.6, Cholesterol 42.6, Sodium 111.7, Carbohydrate 28.7, Fiber 0.4, Sugar 16.8, Protein 2.2

BOTERKOEK (DUTCH BUTTER CAKE)



Boterkoek (Dutch Butter Cake) image

Delicious, authentic Dutch butter cake. This cake is moist with a great almond flavor - a favorite in most Dutch households!

Provided by COOKS2MUCH

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     European     Dutch

Time 50m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup butter, softened
1 ½ cups white sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 tablespoon almond extract
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
16 almond halves

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 8 inch round cake pans, or 9 inch pie plates.
  • In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, reserving just enough to brush over the tops, about 1 tablespoon. Stir in the almond extract. Combine the flour and baking powder; stir into the batter by hand using a sturdy spoon. The dough will be stiff.
  • Press evenly into the two prepared pans. Press almond halves into the top where each slice would be. Brush the tops with a thin layer of the reserved egg.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes, or until the top is golden brown. Cut into wedges to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 263.9 calories, Carbohydrate 34.1 g, Cholesterol 53.8 mg, Fat 12.9 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.6 g, Sodium 151.8 mg, Sugar 18.9 g

BOTERKOEK (DUTCH BUTTER CAKE)



Boterkoek (Dutch Butter Cake) image

This is a traditional Dutch recipe. It's a rich, buttery, dense cake. The key to making it, is keep the ingredients, and also your hands, cold while working the dough.

Provided by PanNan

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h

Yield 1 8inch butter cake

Number Of Ingredients 6

250 g all-purpose flour
125 g confectioners' sugar
225 g very cold hard butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 egg, lightly beaten

Steps:

  • Butter a 8" springform pan.
  • Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Sift flour and sugar in a bowl.
  • Add butter, salt, and vanilla.
  • Cut the butter into small pieces and knead lightly with a cool hand or utensil until it holds together.
  • Don't work too much.
  • It needs to stay cold.
  • (This works well in the food processor- then I use frozen butter) Press mixture quickly into bottom of spring form pan.
  • Brush the top with the egg.
  • Place the pan just below the middle of the oven and bake about 30 minutes or until it's a golden brown.
  • Cool in the pan, release the spring, and remove cake.
  • Serve in thin slices- it is rich!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 4155.2, Fat 189.2, SaturatedFat 116.9, Cholesterol 692.4, Sodium 1949, Carbohydrate 590.2, Fiber 6.8, Sugar 393.4, Protein 34

BOTERKOEK (DUTCH PASTRY - "BUTTER CAKE")



Boterkoek (Dutch Pastry -

Like many western European pastries, this one features almond paste. This is not to be confused with almond pie filling. Use a cake pan with a release or a spring form. The final result is a very dense, chewy torte.

Provided by Tina Watt @Aleida

Categories     Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 2/3 cup(s) all purpose flour
1 1/3 stick(s) butter, room temperature
1/2 cup(s) basterd sugar
1 pinch(es) salt
1/2 - 1 cup(s) almond paste
1 - egg yolk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
  • Combine flour, butter, sugar and salt to form course mixture. Note: if you can't find basterd sugar, combine 1/4 cup brown sugar with 1/4 cup fine white sugar. Work the almond paste evenly into the coarse pastry mixture.
  • Lightly grease cake pan or spring form. Press pastry mixture firmly into pan.
  • Add a little water and sugar to the egg yolk and brush the pastry.
  • Bake at 325 degrees until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Let cool, then cut in small, pie shaped wedges. Serve room temperature.

DUTCH BUTTER CAKE (BOTERKOEK)



Dutch Butter Cake (Boterkoek) image

A traditional Dutch cake, similar to shortbread, buttery and flaky, with a hint of almond. Very rich, it should be served in small slices. This dessert is not for dieters! :)

Provided by Chef PotPie

Categories     Dessert

Time 40m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon almond flavoring
1 beaten egg, divided
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350. Cream butter, sugar and almond flavoring until fluffy. Add beaten egg, reserving 1 teaspoons.
  • Add flour, salt and baking powder. Mix until combined in a solid dough.
  • Press into parchment-lined 9-inch round baking dish.
  • Brush with remaining egg. Score crosswise in two directions, (making diamond shapes), with a fork.
  • Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes until top is golden.
  • Allow to cool before removing and cutting into 12 portions.

BOTERKOEK --- DUTCH BUTTER CAKE



Boterkoek --- Dutch Butter Cake image

This version of Boterkoek is more like a shortbread. I can never make enough for my family when we get together.

Provided by Patti Warren

Categories     Dessert

Time 35m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 cups flour
2 cups icing sugar
1 cup butter (room temperature)
1 (2 teaspoon) package vanilla sugar

Steps:

  • Mix all ingredients together with hands until very well mixed.
  • Press into bottom of springform pan and bake in preheated 400°F oven for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 289.3, Fat 15.6, SaturatedFat 9.8, Cholesterol 40.7, Sodium 109.6, Carbohydrate 35.8, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 19.6, Protein 2.3

BOTERCAKE (BUTTER CAKE)



Botercake (Butter Cake) image

This is a Dutch recipe for 'buttercake' made with plenty of butter, of course, and lemon and vanilla for flavor.

Provided by Hanneke Hartkoorn

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     European     Dutch

Yield 15

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 ⅛ cups butter, softened
1 ¼ cups white sugar
1 ¼ teaspoons vanilla sugar
2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
5 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 10 inch loaf pan.
  • Mix grated lemon rind with 1 tablespoon sugar.
  • Beat butter and sugar with vanilla sugar and lemon rind until the mixture becomes white and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time mixing after each one.
  • Mix flour and baking powder together and then carefully fold into the butter and egg mixture. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
  • Bake cake for 60 to 75 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 276.2 calories, Carbohydrate 30.9 g, Cholesterol 98.6 mg, Fat 15.6 g, Fiber 0.5 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 9.3 g, Sodium 309.3 mg, Sugar 17.7 g

DUTCH BUTTER CAKE WITH APRICOT TWIST (BOTERKOEK)



Dutch butter cake with apricot twist (Boterkoek) image

Dutch butter cake with apricot,almonds and ginger syrup filling. Butter cake is a very old dutch recipe, this is a modern variation !

Provided by Bollie

Categories     Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

250 g flour
175 g caster sugar
1 pinch salt
225 g chilled butter
100 g soaked dried apricots
50 g flaked almonds
2 tablespoons ginger syrup
1 tablespoon milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius (400F).
  • Mix flour, sugar and salt.
  • Cut the butter into pieces and mix into the flour.
  • Knead the butter and the flour together with one hand until you have a firm dough ball.
  • Cut the apricots in small pieces and mix them with the almonds and ginger syrup.
  • Press half the dough into a 24cm/10 in round pie dish.
  • Spread the apricot mixture over the top.
  • Roll out the other half on a lightly floured work surface until it is the same size as the dish.
  • Place over apricot filling, firmly pressing the pastry edges together.
  • Now use the blunt side of a knife and decorate the dough with cross-hatching markings.
  • Brush with milk.
  • Bake the butter cake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
  • Allow to cool and just before serving slice cake into wedges.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 378, Fat 21.5, SaturatedFat 11.8, Cholesterol 48.3, Sodium 165.8, Carbohydrate 44, Fiber 2.1, Sugar 23.2, Protein 4.4

Tips:

  • Use high-quality butter. This is the key ingredient in boterkoek, so make sure you use a good-quality butter that has a high fat content (at least 82%).
  • Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This will help to incorporate air into the batter, which will make the cake light and tender.
  • Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. This will help to prevent the batter from curdling.
  • Stir in the flour and baking powder until just combined. Overmixing the batter will make the cake tough.
  • Spread the batter into a greased and floured baking dish. Make sure the batter is evenly distributed.
  • Bake the cake in a preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. The baking time will vary depending on the size of the cake, but it will typically take around 45 minutes.
  • Allow the cake to cool completely before slicing and serving. This will help to prevent the cake from crumbling.

Conclusion:

Boterkoek is a delicious and easy-to-make cake that is perfect for any occasion. It is a popular treat in the Netherlands, and it is also enjoyed in many other countries around the world. If you are looking for a new cake to try, I highly recommend boterkoek. You won't be disappointed!

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