▁Hung arian , ▁Czech , ▁Slov ak , ▁Bos n ian , ▁Cro at ian , ▁Ser bian , ▁Italian , ▁Portuguese ▁and ▁Bulgar ian ▁word ▁for ▁c ake , ▁typically ▁made ▁with ▁layer ed ▁sp on ge ▁and ▁cre am , ▁ch oc olate ▁or ▁fruit ▁filling . ▁ ▁Middle ▁East ▁ ▁Also ▁in ▁Arab ic ▁all ▁kinds ▁of ▁t arts ▁are ▁called ▁tort a . ▁ ▁Fl at b read s ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁of ▁America ▁ ▁T ort a ▁( pl ural ▁tort as ) ▁is ▁served ▁either ▁hot ▁or ▁cold , ▁on ▁an ▁ob long ▁white ▁sand wich ▁roll , ▁derived ▁from ▁Mexican ▁cu is ine . ▁Bor row ed ▁from ▁Spanish ▁tort a , ▁from ▁Late ▁Latin ▁tort a , ▁from ▁tort a ▁pan is ▁( “ tw isted ▁bread ” ), ▁from ▁femin ine ▁of ▁Latin ▁tort us ▁( “ tw isted , ▁fol ded ▁over ” ). ▁C ogn ate ▁to ▁tart . ▁ ▁Spain ▁T ort a ▁in ▁Spain ▁origin ated ▁in ▁different ▁regional ▁variants ▁of ▁flat b read , ▁of ▁which ▁the ▁tort a ▁de ▁gaz p ach o ▁and ▁tort a ▁c ence ña ▁are ▁still ▁surv iving ▁in ▁certain ▁areas ▁of ▁Central ▁Spain . ▁T ort as ▁are ▁also ▁mentioned ▁in ▁Lev it icus ▁ 2 4 : 5 - 9 , ▁in ▁the ▁Spanish ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Bible . ▁Pres ently , ▁however , ▁the ▁word ▁tort a ▁is ▁also ▁applied ▁to ▁different ▁kinds ▁of ▁bread ▁and ▁pas try ▁products ▁according