Ensaymada, a Filipino sweet bread, is one of the many pastries derived from Spanish origins. Ensaymada in fact are very much the same as their European counterpart, ensaimada, which are a pastry specialty of the Balearic Islands, most notably Mallorca (Majorca). Although it is a Spanish specialty, the origin of the ensaimada can theoretically be traced to the Arabic occupation of the Ibizan Peninsula from 740 to 1235 AD and the explorations of the Arab world by the Spanish and Portuguese.