Ontbijtkoek

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A spice bread or more close to cake if I may say is a traditional Dutch breakfast "Ontbijt" and also became Indonesian favourite traditional cake since this two countries had history relation. The different is in Indonesia we tend to serves ontbijtkoek in tea time instead of breakfast.

The lightweight low fat cake really nice with spread butter for breakfast or tea time. Simple ingredients with spices you can ground as strength level as you like contains cinnamon, cloves, dried ginger, mace even nutmeg or just buy ready mix Spekoek/ speculaas kruiden.
Recipe below is Indonesian style.

Sources : Kue-kue Indonesia, Yasa Boga-PT. Gramedia Jakarta, 2007.

125 gr palm sugar
5 egg yolks
3 egg whites

Mix and sifted :
125 gr flour 1 tsp cinnamon powder ½ tsp nutmeg ¼ sdt cloves 50 gr canarium nut, finely sliced( subtituted with almond slice, I used walnut)

Put eggs and palm sugar in a bowl and beat until fluffy. Sifted the dry ingredients and fold into the bowl. Pour over a greased and layered tin loaf with parchment paper. Oven for 25 to 30 minutes with temperature 180°C.