Where did the name Dutch baby come from?
Where did the name Dutch baby come from? The name “Dutch Baby” can be traced back to a family-owned restaurant in Seattle called Manca's Cafe. Sometime in the early 1900s, the restaurant served a plate of three small (baby) German pancakes. Are Dutch baby pancakes from the Netherlands? A pannenkoek (plural pannenkoeken and pannekoek in Old Dutch) is a pancake that comes from the Netherlands. They are typically large, whole-pan size and are much thinner than a traditional American pancake (but not quite as thin as a French crepe). Are Dutch babies and German pancakes the same? German pancakes and...