Its origins are unclear, but there are a few suggestions saying it may have come from a 14th-century reference to a crompid cake, which was a crumpled and curled-up cake, and the Old English word crompeht, which also means crumpled.

它的起源尚不清楚，但有一些建议说它可能来自 14 世纪提到的 crompid 蛋糕， 这是一种皱巴巴的卷曲蛋糕， 以及古英语单词 crompeht，这也意味着皱巴巴的。