The only way that’s the right way is to start your King’s Day by enjoying an orange Tompouce. No question without that, this is absolutely a must-do. The “Ornage Tompouce” is a traditional Dutch pastry that is enjoyed during King’s Day festivities. The color orange emphasizes the love for the Dutch Royal Family.
Where to buy an orange Tompouce?
Every store, bakery, and supermarket that sells cakes and pastries will offer Tompouce during the King’s Day period. Similarly, every restaurant, lunchroom, and cafe serving coffee and tea will feature an orange Tompouce
Is it a Tompouce or a Tompoes?
The Dutch Tompouce, also known as “Tompoes,” is a popular pastry comprised of two layers of puff pastry filled with sweet cream or custard. Its distinctive orange icing renders it a favorite treat during special occasions such as King’s Day.
Since when is the Tompouce made?
The pastry’s origins can be traced back to the early 19th century in the Netherlands. Its name is believed to have been inspired by the character Tom Pouce from a French novel. Over time, it became a more than beloved Dutch delicacy, especially enjoyed during national celebrations as King’s Day.
Make a Tompouce the easy way or at the traditional way
A Tompouce is made of puff pastry and custard pastry cream, topped with fondant or pink chocolate. To make it easily, you can use 4 slices of puff pastry from the supermarket, bake them in the oven as per the instructions. Prepare custard pastry cream using the provided recipe. Place custard pastry cream on two baked puff pastry slices, then cover with the remaining two slices. Optionally, add a layer of whipped cream on top of the custard. Finally, cover the top slice with melted pink chocolate or melted orange fondant.
Recipe Pastry cream, Custard, or as we say “Banketbakkersroom”
Ingredients:
500 grams of milk
50 grams of custard powder
50 grams of sugar. If you find sugar unhealthy or to sweet, use sweetener xylitol
1 vanilla pod
Mix the sugar, custard powder and a bit of the milk in a bowl. Scrap the vanilla for the pod, put in a pan together with the milk and cook it. Take the boiling milk from the heat. Slowly add small amounts of hot milk in the bowl with the custard mix and stir it well, until all the milk finished. Pour everything back into the pan, place the pan back on the heat, and let the cream cook well while stirring until it starts to thicken.
The traditional way to make Orange Tompouce, follow the master pastry maker Remmerswaal Roodenrijs
Crompouse, most trendy and a big hit, everybody loves this treat!
A Crompouce is a combination of a Crossaint and a Tompouce. A “Crompouce” is most tasteful and is delicious variation on the Dutch Tompouce. You can easily make a Crompouse yourself with croissant dough, pastry cream and pink icing.
How to make a Crompouce?
Heat your oven and bake the croissants like you used to do. Cut the croissants open and fill them up with pastry cream, and cover them up with melted pink chocolate or pink icing.
King’s Day Pastries from the best bakery’s in town
In the Netherlands, every self-respecting pastry chef puts his best foot forward with delicious orange cakes for King’s Day, capturing the festive atmosphere in every bite. With a touch of creativity and a sea of orange, they celebrate the royal tradition in a tasteful way, where every bite is a tribute to the royal celebration. In every city- of village center, you will find the best bakeries.
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Slight issue – your first photo appears to be of an `orange koek’ — which is confusionly neither organge (it is pink) nor dutch (it is frysian).
Hello Peter, the first picture is from an Orangetompouce specially made for royal festivities like King’s Day. The well-known Friesian Orangekoek has a different pastery; it is made of sweet shortcrust pastry and has no filling of whipped cream or pastry cream. The pastry of a tompouce is made of puff pastry.