Alternative names | Black cake, milk cake, bread cake, torta papina, torta paciarella, michelacc |
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Type | Dessert |
Place of origin | Italy |
Region or state | Brianza |
Main ingredients | Bread, milk, cocoa, biscuits, amaretti di Saronno, sugar, pine seeds, raisins, candied orange and citron, anise |
Variations | Anisette, rhum, butter, eggs |
Torta paesana ( lit. 'village cake'), also known in English as black cake, milk cake or bread cake, is a cake of the Lombard cuisine, notably from Brianza. [1] Its main ingredients are stale bread, milk and cocoa, often enriched with biscuits, amaretti di Saronno, sugar, pine seeds, raisins, candied orange and citron and aromatized with anise. [2] As a traditional cake, without a codified recipe, it presents a great number of variants. [3] It is homemade or sold in bakeries during autumn, for city festivals [4] or religious celebrations.