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An ontbijtkoek (literally translated breakfast cake) or peperkoek is a Dutch spiced cake. Rye is its most important ingredient coloring the cake a light brown. It is often spiced with cloves cinnamon ginger succade and nutmeg. Several parts of the Netherlands have their own local recipe of which the most famous is Oudewijvenkoek (old wives’ cake) which is mostly eaten in the northern regions and is flavored with aniseed.
