 Mantecado is a name for a variety of Spanish shortbreads that includes the "polvorón".Often both names are synonymous, but not all "mantecados" are "polvorones".The name "mantecado" comes from "manteca" (lard), usually the fat of Iberian pig ("cerdo ibérico"), with which they are made, while the name "polvorón" is based on the fact that these cakes crumble easily into a kind of dust in the hand or the mouth.