I
can count on both hands the number of times I’ve seen my grandmother on my
mother’s side. My Oma Eeltink lived in
Holland and I was in America. I can recall
on one of her few visits to the states, I was in the kitchen mixing dough for
chocolate chip cookies. She came up
behind me and exclaimed, “Je moet dat niet doen!” Roughly translated, “You must not do
that!” I was tapping a measuring spoon
on the side of the bowl. She explained
that hitting the bowl would flatten the dough.
I don’t know if that’s true, but to this day, I still don’t do it. Oma’s recipe for Dutch Pound Cake is a bit
different and the measurements are not exact.
Even so, the part that holds true is…don’t tap the bowl. Smaakt lekker!
2
sticks butter
1
cup sugar4 eggs
Little vanilla
1½ cup flour
½ cup (almost) corn starch
Mix
butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a
time. Mix. Add rest of ingredients. Mix. Pour batter into greased and floured
loaf pan. Bake at 250° for 1½ - 2 hours.
