Tompouce is a play on Tompouce = Tom poes (tomcat). Tompouce A tompoes or tompouce is a pastry in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the local variety of the mille-feuille or Napoleon, introduced by an Amsterdam pastry baker and named after Admiraal Tom Pouce, the stage name of the Frisian dwarf Jan Hannema. In the Netherlands, the tompoes is iconic, and the market allows little variation in form, size and colour. It must be rectangular, with two layers of puff pastry. The icing is smooth and pink, or occasionally white. For many years however, the top layer has been orange
Chestnut cake in coloration, the latter of which could be due to the chestnuts being incompletely peeled prior to grinding. Chestnut cake can be prepared using wheat flour, with chestnut pieces used inside of the cake. Additional ingredients may include typical cake ingredients such as flour, sugar, eggs and leavening. Chestnut cake may be prepared as a chocolate cake, and also as a layer cake It has a distinct chestnut flavor. It is served as a dessert cake, and some versions are topped with icing, ganache or whipped cream. Chestnuts may be included in the icing or frosting, such as in a