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| Type | Sweetbread |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Spain |
| Main ingredients | Flour,eggs,butter,sugar |
Mantecadas arespongypastries originating inSpain. Perhaps the best known mantecadas are from Northwestern Spain, being a traditional product of the city ofAstorga,province of León, as well as the nearbyMaragateria comarca. They taste very much likepound cake.
Other Spanish regions also prepare mantecadas.[1] There is a factory producing mantecadas inSardón de Duero,Valladolid Province and another inMaliaño,Cantabria. TheCasa Salinas bakery inTudela, Navarre, reputed for its excellent mantecadas, closed down in January 2011.[2]
Mantecadas are baked in square or rectangular box-shaped paper"cajillas"[3] instead of in the typical muffinround paper cups. The mantecada leaves a characteristic cross-shaped silhouette on the paper when it is removed. In theAlt Maestratcomarca the mantecada square paper cups are known as"caixetes".[4]
There is a type of cake known as mantecada inColombia andVenezuela where the whole is cut into pieces after baking.[5] Certain brands commercialize packed mini-mantecadas inMexico and Latin America.[6]Mantecadas should not be confused withmantecados, a much denser, non spongy very different type of pastry.
The most famous Mantecadas are the ones prepared in Astorga town under the nameMantecadas de Astorga. Their ingredients areeggs,flour,butter andsugar.Butter is essential in the preparation and differentiates the mantecadas de Astorga from averagebizcocho ormagdalenas (muffins).[7]They are a protected product as perGeographical indication in theEuropean Union.
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