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Bizcocho ( or ) is the name given in the Spanish-speaking world to a wide range of pastries, cakes or cookies. The exact product to which the word bizcocho is applied varies widely depending on the region and country. For instance, in Spain bizcocho is exclusively used to refer to sponge cake. In turn, in Uruguay, most buttery flaky pastry including croissants are termed bizcocho, whilst sponge cake is called bizcochuelo. In turn, in Chile, Dominican Republic or Bolivia bizcocho refers to a sweet dough ( masa) baked with local ingredients, not dissimilar from the bizcocho from Spain. In Ecuador the dough of a bizcocho can either be sweet or salty. The US state New Mexico is unusual in using the diminutive form of the name, bizcochito, as the name for a locally developed and very popular cookie.
A bizcocho is a buttery flaky pastry or cookie.
Bizcocho may also refer to:
- Biskotso, Filipino bread topped with butter and sugar, or garlic, and toasted
- Biscotti, twice-baked cookie
- Bizcochito, dry cookie flavored with anise, typical of New Mexico
- Francisco Bizcocho (born 1951), Spanish footballer