Filled Speculaas (Gevulde Speculaas)

If you know me personally, or if you have been following me for a while, then you might know I enjoy autumn and winter a lot more than spring and summer. The latter two are synonomous to sticky sunscreened skin and sweaty nights while the colder months mean curling up with hot chocolate, playing in the snow and of course, a lot of baking. We Dutchies have Sinterklaas in november and december (I wrote about this holiday before in my pepernoten post), for which we have created many special baked treats. This filled speculaas is one of those special treats!

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Mini Pink Cakes (Roze Koeken)

Every nineties kid in the Netherlands will feel a sudden wave of nostalgia seeing these pink cakes. Chances were that as a Dutch kid, you were watching a children's show called Villa Achterwerk, which featured a female presenter who was quite addicted to roze koeken - albeit larger ones than these. When my friend Nadine posted these mini cakes on her blog it made me feel sentimental about the time where I would wake up at 7 o'clock on a Sunday morning to sneakily put my (ridiculously large) tv in my room on so that I could watch the show (all the while making sure my parents wouldn't wake up). I'm sure I wasn't the only one doing that!

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