 The recipe for the sopaipilla, from which it descends, is argued to be from what is now Germany but they were introduced to Spain by the Arabs at the times of the invasion.Specifically Tortas fritas are leaveaned fried thin round pieces of bread but the aspects that describe them best is the flourishing with sugar, its distinctive hole in the center and the use of cow fat, both for frying and for making the batter.Uruguayan bizcochos are small pastries different from the Spaniard spounge cake of the same name that in Uruguay is called bizcochuelo.