Napoleonka ( sk, krémeš), colloquially ''kremówka'', is a

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type of

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. It is made of two layers of

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, filled with

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, creamy

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, vanilla

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(custard cream) or sometimes egg white cream, and is usually sprinkled with

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. It also can be decorated with cream or covered with a layer of icing. In some places in Poland the cake is known as (roughly translated as "cream cake"), in others, it is called . This Polish "war" between names and has been subject to a satirical drawing by the Polish illustrator Andrzej Mleczko. The cake itself is a variation of ''

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, 1/2005 (1153). Retrieved 15 June 2011 – a French dessert made of three layers of puff pastry filled with cream or jam – also known as the Napoleon. Sometimes kremówkas containing alcohol are sold, those became popular particularly in the aftermath of a false story that Pope John Paul II was fond of that variant.
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, 07.08.2010. Retrieved 15 June 2011 In fact, the Pope was fond of the traditional kremówka.Polish Papal Cream Cake Recipe – Kremowka Papieska

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Papal cream pie

On 16 June 1999 pope

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mentioned that after he had completed his

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exam, he had kremówkas with his colleagues in his home town of

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. They wagered who could eat more. The future Pope ate eighteen kremówkas but did not win the bet. This was publicized by media, and "papal" kremówkas from Wadowice became popular in Poland.
The confectionery shop where the Pope ate kremówkas was owned by Jewish cake maker Karol Hagenhuber, who came to Poland from

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. It was located in Wadowice Town Square. Some speculated that the original papal kremówkas contained alcohol, but this was denied by Hagenhuber's son. According to him his father's cakes were regular, non-alcoholic kremówkas, although made with all natural ingredients, using a traditional recipe. Either way this led to renewed, and even international fame for the cake, rebranded as "papal". In 2007, to celebrate Pope John Paul's II 87th birthday, a giant kremówka was baked in

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.
Kremówka-gigant na urodziny Jana Pawła II
'. Kosciol.pl. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2011 Kremówkas remembered by Pope John Paul II were filled with vanilla milk pudding (custard) cream.

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