Hootenannies/Baked German Pancake/Hootnanny Cake

Hootenanny is a baked version of German pancakes which is an easy, weekend special breakfast recipe which is know with different names. Yes dish is also known as oven pancake, Hootnanny cake or else as Dutch baby pancakes. The speciality of the Weekend breakfast dish is this dish calls for basic ingredients which we usually go for making pancakes. Put all the ingredients in a blender, blend as smooth batter, once poured in a greased deep baking glass mould, this dish is baked in oven for alteast 20-25minutes. Obviously not need to sit and keep an eye on your pancakes, yes quite an interesting breakfast dish to dish out when you dont feel like spending much time in your kitchen especially during weekends. Trust me these German baked pancakes suits absolutely prefect for a weekend brunch to serve and enjoy with your family members. These hootenannies is a cross between a pancake and French toast.

Poffertjes/Dutch Pancakes

Poffertjes are festive holiday treat in Netherlands and they are quite popular at both summer festivals and Christmas markets. This Dutch pancakes are small,fluffy pancakes which are made with yeast and flour. Poffertjes ressembles as much as like our own South Indian paniyarams and Japanese Takoyaki though they differ in their ingredients. This classic Dutch treat calls for a special pan which have tiny indentations. Trust me these fluffy poffertjes are prefect choice for a sunday brunch. You can still serve them as a dessert topped with nutella or icecream eventhough the traditional way of serving this tiny pancakes is with melted butter and sieved powder sugar or else with strawberries and whipped cream.

Boterkoek - Dutch Butter Cake

Dutch Cuisine is well known for its simple dishes with many vegetables and little meat. Dutch cuisine means Netherlands cuisine and their foods are not well known as other International cuisines like French,American or Chinese,but there are many Dutch delights which you must try atleast once in your kitchen.Those delicious Dutch foods includes Poffertjes, the small,fluffy pancakes traditionally consumed during fall and winter,Bitterballen the deep fried snack balls typically served with mustard sauce as dipping,Stroopwafels, a delicious chewy cookie,Oliebollen the popular doughnuts,Limburgse Vlaai, a delicious pie with a tasty light crust, Patat the Dutch style french fries etc and the list goes on. I always want to make their utterly delicious super buttery cake ' the famous Boterkoek'. Finally i got a chance to give a try to this incredible bake as this month's  International Food Challenge ,a monthly event started by  wonderful food blogger Sara goes Dutch Cuisine.