Getting to Know Poffertjes Cakes Closer

I have a simple question for you steemian friends.

Does anyone know about poffertjes?

Hmmm.... I don't think everyone knows. This if I mention this word, it seems close to the ears, but far away from the eyes.

Well, it turns out there are still some people who don't know about poffertjes. So, now I'll ask you a question, does anyone know anything about pinch cakes?

Actually, pinch cakes and poffertjes are the same, similar but not the same. Indeed, a lot of the food that has entered Indonesia has changed according to the culture that exists in Indonesia, according to the tastes of the people in Indonesia. Like, for example, Risoles cake, it's from Risoles.

Then there is the leker cake, that is from pancakes. And that is pinch cake, from poffertjes.

Everything is the same, the names are sometimes the same, but there are also those that follow the tastes that exist in Indonesia.

Pofferthes

Well, for those of you who don't know poffertjes, this is a traditional Dutch cake. The taste is chewy, sweet, the texture is similar to pancakes. This cake is usually used as an afternoon snack. Poffertjes consists of two words, namely peffert which means pancake, and jes which means mini. So, poffertjes are pancakes that are mini-sized.

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Poffertjes original Dutch main ingredients are only made from buckwheat flour, water and also yeast. Well, buckwheat only lives in arid land and is the main food for poor people.

Simple ingredients, right?
For serving there are those who serve it in a shape like pancakes in general, but there are also those who stack two poffertjes into one, so it looks like a circle which is rather flat.

These poffertjes are then coated with granules of refined sugar, butter and also syrup.

Well, when you enter Indonesia, the name changes not poffertjes anymore, but kue cubit.

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For this the main ingredient is ordinary wheat flour. Apart from that, there are eggs, refined sugar, butter, liquid milk, baking soda and baking powder.

Hmmm....quite a lot, huh?

In the past, yes, the way to serve pinch cakes was that they didn't have any toppings, you know, they were really plain. But now it's really diverse. There are those with wafer, chocolate, cheese toppings, there are also using messes. It turns out, yes, if we look at the ingredients, it's almost similar. Only the pinch cakes are a bit more, because they have to adapt to the Indonesian tongue.

It's not just cubit cakes that are inspired by foreign food, there are martabaks that originate from India. In India it is called Moortaba.

Then there is typical Bandung odading which also originates from the Netherlands. In the Netherlands it is called Oliebollen.

Yes, basically the poffertjes from the Netherlands and also the cubit cakes from Indonesia are the same thing. The basic ingredients are the same, wheat flour. Then the topping also uses the same ingredients, refined sugar which is used.

Yes, the point is that it becomes a delicious afternoon snack.

Greetings always compact.

By @midiagam