torte

torte

T0282200 (tôrt, tôr′tə)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 tōrta, a kind of bread; see tortilla.]

torte

(tɔːt; German ˈtɔrtə) n (Cookery) a rich cake, originating in Austria, usually decorated or filled with cream, fruit, nuts, and jam[C16: ultimately perhaps from Late Latin tōrta a round loaf, of uncertain origin]

torte

(tɔrt; Ger. ˈtɔr tə)

n., pl. tortes (tôrts), Ger.tor•ten (ˈtɔr tn) a rich cake made with eggs, ground nuts, and usu. no flour. [1955–60; < German < Italian torta < Late Latin tōrta (panis) round loaf (of bread)]

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

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