Chestnut cake

Chestnut flour prepared from cooked, ground chestnuts is used in its preparation, along with additional typical cake ingredients.

[1][2] Higher quality chestnut flours for use in cake preparation may be white, rather than darker in coloration, the latter of which could be due to the chestnuts being incompletely peeled prior to grinding.

[4] It is served as a dessert cake,[4] and some versions are topped with icing, ganache or whipped cream.

[2] Candied or cooked chestnuts may be added atop the cake as a garnish.

[2] Distilled beverages such as brandy and Scotch whisky may be used as an ingredient in the frosting or icing.