a rich cake, esp. one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
Origin: 1955–60; < G < It torta < LL (Vulgate) tōrta (panis) round loaf (of bread), prob. fem. of L tortus twisted (see tort), with VL lengthening of o (cf. F tourte)
[tawrt; Ger. tawr-tuh] 
