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Mantecadas are a type of spongy pastry from Spain similar to a muffin, but flatter. The best known mantecadas are from Northwestern Spain, being a traditional product of the city of Astorga, province of León, as well as the nearby Maragateria comarca. They taste very much like pound cake. Other Spanish regions also prepare mantecadas.〔(Mantecadas del Valle de Guadalest ) 〕 There is a factory producing mantecadas in Sardón de Duero, Valladolid Province and another in Maliaño, Cantabria. The ''Casa Salinas'' bakery in Tudela, Navarre, reputed for its excellent mantecadas, closed down in January 2011.〔(Cierra Casa Salinas, la pastelería más antigua de Tudela con 138 años de historia )〕 Mantecadas are baked in square or rectangular box-shaped paper ''"cajillas"''〔(Características de las Mantecadas de Astorga )〕 instead of in the typical muffin round paper cups. The mantecada leaves a characteristic cross-shaped silhouette on the paper when it is removed. In the Alt Maestrat ''comarca'' the mantecada square paper cups are known as ''"caixetes"''.〔(Postres Valencianos )〕 There is a type of cake known as mantecada in Colombia and Venezuela where the whole is cut into pieces after baking.〔(Mantecada Colombiana recipe ) 〕 Certain brands commercialize packed mini-mantecadas in Mexico and Latin America.〔(Stacks of Snacks by William A. Roberts, Jr. )〕 Mantecadas should not be confused with mantecados, a much denser, non spongy very different type of pastry. ==Mantecadas de Astorga== The most famous Mantecadas are the ones prepared in Astorga town under the name Mantecadas de Astorga. Their ingredients are eggs, flour, butter and sugar. Butter is essential in the preparation and differentiates the mantecadas de Astorga from average bizcocho or magdalenas (muffins).〔(Mantecadas recipe )〕 They are a protected product as per Geographical indication in the European Union. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mantecadas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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