Torta

Torta

Type	Flatbread, cake, sandwich, or omelette
Place of origin	Spain Mexico Italy Philippines Malta Slovakia Bosnia Croatia Sweden Albania
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Torta is a culinary term that can, depending on the cuisine, refer to cakes, pies, flatbreads, sandwiches, or omelettes.

Usually, it refers to:

• cake or pie in South America, much of Europe, and southern Philippines
• flatbread in Spain
• a type of sandwich in Mexico
• a type of omelette in northern Tagalog-speaking areas of the Philippines.

'Torth' – welsh for 'loaf' is of the same derivation (Latin: torta)