History of the syrup waffle
The syrup waffle was first made in the course of the nineteenth century in Gouda. In various sources, the Kamphuisen bakery is mentioned as the first syrup waffle bakery. This was established in Gouda at the beginning of the 19th century. It is not known exactly when this bakery started making syrup waffles. De Korte states that gas stoves are needed to make syrup waffles. The arrival of the Goudsche syrup factory in 1837 and the establishment of the first gas factory in 1853 in Gouda, give him reason to assume that the first syrup waffles were made a few years after 1853. Scheygrond mentions a certain Adriaan de Groot, who was the first to use the syrup waffle iron in 1864. His company was later continued by Wever, who also took over the recipe. However, Scheygrond does not rule out that Kamphuisen was already making syrup waffles before 1863. Schrijvers mentions three reasons why it cannot be determined with certainty when the first syrup waffle was baked in Gouda. Firstly, the guilds had been abolished, which meant that there was no product registration. Secondly, bakers were individual entrepreneurs and at that time there were no legal disputes about the manufacture of the syrup waffle that had to be settled and therefore recorded. Thirdly, there was no local newspaper in that period in which advertisements could be placed. That is the reason, according to Schrijvers, why – in contrast to the manufacture of pipes – so few written sources have been handed down about the manufacture of the syrup waffle.
| Volume: | 500ml |
| Alcohol: | 14,5% |
