torte

torte  (tôrt, tôrt)

n.

A rich cake made with many eggs and little flour and usually containing chopped nuts.

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[German, perhaps from Italian torta, cake, tart, from Late Latin torta, a kind of bread.]

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torte [tɔːt (German) ˈtɔrtə]

n

(Cookery) a rich cake, originating in Austria, usually decorated or filled with cream, fruit, nuts, and jam

[ultimately perhaps from Late Latin tōrta a round loaf, of uncertain origin]

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torte - rich cake usually covered with cream and fruit or nuts; originated in Austria cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat