Van Hemert’s Dutch Oven Bakery is a full-line scratch bakery offering a variety of delicious pastries and other baked goods. Family-owned and operated since 1983, we are famous for our Dutch Letters, Dutch Apple Bread and our award-winning wedding cakes. Consider this your personal invitation to experience the best in Dutch baking.

Pastries

At Van Hemert’s Dutch Oven Bakery we specialize in traditional dutch pastries such as:

Dutch Letters
Almond Horns
Raspberry & Almond Tarts
Filled Dutch Windmills
& Much More!

We also offer donuts, muffins, bagels, rolls, pies & more!

All of our pastries are baked fresh everyday. 

Homemade Bread

We bake our breads fresh every morning. Try our famous Dutch Apple Bread, a favorite of many of our customers- Containing apples, cinnamon and walnuts is generously drizzled with our own maple icing.

Other popular breads include:

Challah Bread
Sourdough
Sweet Rye
Banana Nut
& Many More

 

Award-Winning Cakes

At Van Hemert’s Dutch Oven Bakery, we have mastered the art of cake making and would love the chance to design a cake for you. Whether you are celebrating a birthday, graduation, wedding, anniversary, retirement, or any number of occasions, we are the perfect choice to help make your dream cake a reality.

Choosing Dutch Oven Bakery to make your special occasion even more memorable is a piece of cake!

Birthdays
Graduation Parties
Weddings
& any other special occasion

 

Breakfast Menu

Start your morning off right with breakfast from Van Hemert’s Dutch Oven Bakery. Featuring our freshly baked breads. Enjoy a selection of breakfast sandwiches served on homemade croissants or from-scratch biscuits.

 

Lunch Menu

Come on in and stay while. Check out our lunch menu.

Choose From: 

Signature Sandwiches
Build Your Own Sandwiches
Soups
Salads
Or Try One Of Our Lite Lunch Options

Sandwiches are served on your choice of one of our from-scratch breads that are baked fresh daily.

 

Koffie Huis

Pair your pastry or food items with one of our delectable Koffie Huis Beverages. We have a number of coffee, and non-coffee drinks to choose from.

Espresso beverages
Coffee
Iced & Hot Tea
Specialty Flavored Coffees
Smoothies
& More!

 

Ames

219 Duff Ave.
Ames, Iowa 50010
515.232.9244Monday-Friday: 6am-6pm
Saturday: 6am-5pm