Torte Peasana: This Italian Cake Is The Best Way To Use Up Old Bread

I’ve recently got back into making sourdough, but it’s brought about a problem I could never have expected: by day five, I sometimes have rock-hard leftovers. 

I can’t bring myself to throw it away. But now I’m at week four, I’ve grown a little tired of bread-and-butter puddings. 

So, when I found a recipe for torte peasana – an Italian dish that’s sometimes called “village cake,” “black cake,” or “milk cake” – I figured I’d give the baked custard a go. 

Spoiler alert: it’s delicious. 

What is torte paesana? 

It’s a cake from the Lombardy ...