Babka is a type of sweet yeast bread that originated in Poland. It is typically braided and filled with cinnamon, sugar, butter, and sometimes raisins or nuts.
Usage examples
I baked a delicious babka for our family gathering.
The bakery down the street is famous for their chocolate babka.
My grandmother taught me her secret recipe for traditional Polish babka.
We enjoyed a slice of cinnamon babka with our afternoon tea.
I bought a babka pan to make the perfect shaped babka at home.
The babka at that new café is so moist and flavorful.
I love spreading butter on a warm slice of babka for breakfast.
The babka was the highlight of the dessert table at the party.
We always have babka as a traditional Easter treat in our household.
I'm going to try a marble babka recipe I found online this weekend.
Sentences with «babka»
(You can see her chocolate babka recipe here, from a guest post and interview last year.) (thekitchn.com)
Combining the chocolatey swirls of babka with the eggy volume and richness of challah, this hybrid cinnamon - spiked «babkallah» is a perfectly rational reason for anyone over the age of 14 to eat chocolate for breakfast. (epicurious.com)
The cake was also slightly dry - I think it would benefit from soaking in simple syrup as is often done with babka type cakes. (kingarthurflour.com)