They look more like sweetened Yorkshire puddings than pancakes. Never seen anything like that here but if you actually read the Wiki page you posted it explains where the Dutch part comes from

According to Sunset magazine,[2] Dutch babies were introduced in the first half of the 1900s at Manca's Cafe, a family-run restaurant that was located in Seattle, Washington and that was owned by Victor Manca.[3] While these pancakes are derived from the German pancake dish, it is said that the name Dutch baby was coined by one of Victor Manca's daughters. In 1942, Manca's Cafe owned the trademark for Dutch babies, although the cafe later closed in the 1950s.[citation needed]

The "Dutch" moniker refers to the group of German-American immigrants known as the Pennsylvania Dutch, where "Dutch" is a corruption of the German autonym deutsch.[4]

So not Dutch at all. The dutch go more for pannekoeken which is more like a French crepe, or poffertjies which are small bite sized pancakes usually served covered in icing sugar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannekoek

Oh sure, blame Seattle.

Learning never stops! I didn´t know about the German-American "Dutch" pancakes:-)

That looks like someone abusing a "poffertjes-pan", the contraption we use to make poffertjes: sweet tiny pancakes, not shaped like those in your picture, but like post #1.

Thanks, everyone. Can't wait to try the poffertjes ... so next question: best place to get them? (We're staying in the museum district).

The ones on Albert Cuyp market aren't bad!

Or go to a pancake restaurant. But make sure the poffertjes are made fresh from dough; not pre-fabricated ones that go in a microwave, those are bad.

You'll find them being made to order at the Noordermarkt on Saturday too.

Be careful not to inhale the icing sugar as you're eating them or you'll be sneezing for awhile!

I like to eat my poffertjes with Lemon Curd (at home).

If you are at Albert Cuyp market you shouldn´t miss the stall with fresh baked stroopwafles, they are simply delicious and smell heavenly (if you like cinnamon).

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