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125g butter, room temperature
150g caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 organic eggs, room temperature
175g plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
100g double cream
a package stroopwaffles
Optional
Maple syrup
What's more Dutch than a stroopwaffles? In our opinion, nothing! That's why we're baking stroopwaffle cupcakes for King's Day 2026. The mini monsters do love them! We'll top the cupcakes with cheesecake buttercream and little stroopwaffle men, but you can also drizzle a tiny bit of maple syrup over the cupcakes. You can make the cupcakes exactly to your liking!
How to make stroopwafel cupcakes
Start with the preparations
Place paper cases in the cupcake baking tins.
Stir the baking powder into the flour.
Chop three stroopwaffles into little pieces.
Place the soft butter with the caster sugar in the mixer.
How to make the batter
Mix the butter and sugar until creamy.
Beat in the eggs one by one.
Beat in the vanilla extract.
Mix until you have a smooth, creamy batter.
Gradually sift in the flour mixture.
Fold the flour mixture into the batter by hand.
Until you have made a thicker, smooth batter.
Add the double cream to the batter.
Lightly fold in the cream.
Finally add the stroopwaffel pieces.
How to bake the Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to 175°C
Fold in the stroopwaffle pieces.
Fill the cupcake cases up to 2/3.
Bake the cupcakes for 20-25 mins.
Let them cool on a wire rack.
Fetch the creamcheese buttercream you made yesterday already
Cut small mens out of the stroopwaffles.
Pipe cheesecake-buttercream rosettes on top of the cupcakes.
Press the little stroopwaffles men into the buttercream.
Have lots of fun on Dutch King's Day!