What Mantecada means
Mantecada is a Mexican bread name of Spanish origin meaning "made with lard". It is built from Spanish manteca (lard, butter) and -ada (made with). It is pronounced mahn-teh-KAH-dah, and it is most associated with central Mexico.
Named after the fat, not the shape. The Mexican version is a small cake baked in a pleated paper case; the Spanish original from Astorga is flatter.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Mexican pan dulce is named by shape, and the names are pure visual poetry: concha (shell), oreja (ear), cuernito (little horn), ojo de buey (ox eye), corbata (necktie), puerquito (little pig), bigote (moustache).
