Mamón
Custard mamón with a leche flan base | |
| Alternative names | Torta, torta mamón, torta Visaya, torta Bisaya |
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| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | The Philippines |
| Main ingredients | Cake flour, sugar, baking powder, eggs, oil, butter, cream of tartar |
| Variations | Mamón tostado, puto mamón, taisan, broas |
Mamón are traditional Filipino chiffon or sponge cakes, typically baked in distinctive cupcake-like molds. In the Visayas regions, mamón are also known as torta mamón or torta. Variants of mamón include the larger loaf-like version called taisan, the rolled version called pianono, and ladyfingers known as broas. Mamón also has two very different variants that use mostly the same ingredients, the cookie-like mamón tostado and the steamed puto mamón.