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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. There is a factory producing mantecadas in Sardón de Duero Valladolid Province and another in Maliaño Cantabria.
