Torta

Torta
TypeFlatbread, cake, sandwich, or omelette
Place of origin

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)