Boterkoek (Dutch Butter Cake)

Подготовка

1. 🥄Preheat the oven to 180°C/350˚F (conventional oven).
2. 🔥Place the softened butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and whisk until creamy.

Шаги

1. 🔥Add the flour and salt and knead by hand until you have a smooth dough.
2. 🧂Divide into two pieces.
3. 🍳Line the base of a square or round cake tin with baking parchment (not a springform tin) and place the first half of the pastry on top.
4. 🫇Flatten with your fingers and a spoon.
5. 🍽️Using a teaspoon, sprinkle dollops of dulce de leche over the base.

Подготовка

1. 🧂Sprinkle with the chopped chocolate and cover with the second half of the pastry.

Готовка

1. 🍳This is a bit trickier, but if you don’t get it right, don’t worry, it’ll be fine once it’s baked!

Шаги

1. 🫇Brush the pastry with the beaten egg.

Готовка

1. 🍽️Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Шаги

1. 🌿It will be wobbly.
2. ✨That's because butter cake only firms up when it cools.

Подготовка

1. ✨Cut into small pieces when it has cooled completely!

Шаги

1. 🥄Notes
2. 🔥Storing: Store in an airtight container outside of the fridge for about 2-3 days or in the fridge for 5 days.
3. 🧂Freeze for up to three months.