{"id":19561,"date":"2024-03-07T10:14:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T09:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bistrobadia.de\/babka-mit-schokolade-und-orange\/"},"modified":"2024-03-07T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T09:14:27","slug":"chocolate-babka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bistrobadia.de\/en\/chocolate-babka\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate babka with orange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This deliciously fluffy chocolate babka<\/strong> with orange always goes down well! It hasn’t really mattered who I’ve served it to so far, the reaction has always been the same: OM(F)G! I mean, it’s really hard to resist these two intertwined yeast plaits<\/strong> with a dream of a filling. Either the delicious aroma of chocolate and orange will get you, or you’ve skipped this step and are hanging on to the whole loaf with your chewing bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Babka \u2013 What is it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Babka is a yeast plait<\/strong> that has made its way from Eastern Europe<\/strong> to the Levant<\/strong> over time. To be precise, there are two versions of the brioche-like pastry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One variation is the Polish babka wielkanocna<\/strong>, which is traditionally served at Easter. Babka<\/em> translates as grandmother<\/strong> and wielkanocna<\/em> means Easter<\/strong>, because in Poland it is baked as a bundt cake in a bundt cake tin and has a chocolate or icing coating. It therefore resembles a long skirt that grandmothers used to wear. This explains the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second variant is the Jewish<\/strong> one, which is very similar to the challah<\/strong> or kokosh<\/strong>. After the Second World War, this version of the babka became popular in North America and has since conquered other countries. The yeast cake is made from two super fluffy strands of yeast dough<\/strong> and baked in a loaf tin<\/strong>. A good portion of butter<\/strong> should not be missing from the dough. It’s definitely in the vein of a brioche<\/strong> and is not just a plain yeast plait, but the goddess of all cakes, desserts and pastries… And the great thing is, you can fill it any way you like. With peanut butter, jam, fruit and savory with feta and za’atar<\/a>. Or, like me, you can bake a chocolate babka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What ingredients do you need for the chocolate babka?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This yeast pastry is neither gluten-free<\/strong> nor vegan<\/strong>. That’s why you first need standard ingredients such as flour, yeast, milk, etc. for the dough<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Wheat flour<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  • Dry yeast<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  • Vanilla sugar<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  • Sugar<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  • Orange<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  • Egg<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  • Butter<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

  • Milk<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    You can be creative with the filling<\/strong>. For my chocolate yeast plait I recommend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Dark chocolate<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

    • Hazelnuts<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

    • Butter<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

    • Powdered sugar<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      And my cake is topped with a special syrup<\/strong> that adds a wonderful orange note to the pastry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Orange juice<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

      • Orange peel<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n

      • Sugar<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        How do you make the yeast cake?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        Calm down! Good things take time! Take it easy! Some recipes are worth reading to the very end. That’s when you realize that it might take a tiny bit longer than you initially thought. Yes, this chocolate babka really chills out during preparation and likes to let himself go for a few hours. For my recipe, I leave the dough to rest for at least 4 hours<\/strong>. If you can wait, just leave the dough to its own devices overnight. But you can make good use of the time to roast the hazelnuts and boil the syrup. When the yeast dough has finished resting, you can melt the chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        After you have filled the yeast dough, rolled it and given it a pretty plait, it definitely needs at least another 90 minutes<\/strong> to itself. Everything that happens to him is super stressful. But believe me, it’s worth it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Preheat the oven to top<\/strong> and bottom heat<\/strong> a few minutes beforehand and bake the yeast dough in the loaf tin<\/strong> until fluffy. After the chocolate yeast cake is taken out of the oven, we finish off with a delicious shower of orange syrup<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Bake, bake yeast plait …<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        It sounds like a lot of work, but to be honest, most of the time is spent rising the dough. You can use this time sensibly to clean the kitchen, for example. It’s best to take a quiet day at the weekend to bake this gem<\/strong>. I hope you enjoy it and, of course, bon app\u00e9tit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        Recipe for chocolate babka with orange<\/h2>\n\n\n
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