Oral tradition
Dutch cocoa, not Dutch cake
The name is widely believed to come from Dutch process cocoa, alkalised cocoa that gives a darker, milder chocolate, rather than from any cake in the Netherlands.
Ask in Amsterdam and they will be puzzled.
The name is widely believed to come from Dutch process cocoa, alkalised cocoa that gives a darker, milder chocolate, rather than from any cake in the Netherlands.
Ask in Amsterdam and they will be puzzled.