babka
Babka (BOB-kah) is Polish for "grandmother." When cooked in a fluted pan, it is somewhat like a woman's skirt. This is an Easter cake with orange and lemon flavors.
prep time
15 Min
cook time
55 Min
method
Bake
yield
Makes 1 cake
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cloves all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 3/4 cups sugar
- 6 - eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 2 tablespoons finely ground bread crumbs, for dusting pan
- GLAZE
- 1/3 cup warm orange juice
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
How To Make babka
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Step 1In bowl, combine flour, baking powder, lemon peel, cornstarch and salt. Set aside. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
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Step 2Gradually add flour mixture, vanilla, 1/4 cup of orange juice, and lemon juice. Mix thoroughly. Stir in raisins.
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Step 3Lightly grease 10 inch Bundt pan. Dust with bread crumbs. Pour in batter bake in preheated 325 oven 50-60 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn cake out on a wire rack.
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Step 4To make glaze: Combine orange juice and confectioners sugar. Using a fork, poke holes in the top of the cake Spoon glaze over warm cake. Cool on a wire rack.
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