A torte (/ˈtɔːrt/;[1] from German: Torte (German pronunciation: [ˈtɔrtə]), in turn from Latin via Italian: torta) is a rich, usually multilayered, cake that is filled with whipped cream, buttercreams, mousses, jams, or fruit.

Sponge cake is a common base, but a torte's cake layers may instead be made with little to no flour, using ingredients such as ground nuts or breadcrumbs.

The best-known of the typical tortes include the Austrian Sachertorte and Linzertorte, the German Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte, and the many-layered Hungarian Dobos torte.

But other well-known European confections are also tortes, such as the French Gâteau St.

[citation needed] In Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine,[citation needed] and Russia cakes are usually called tortes without differentiating between cake and torte.