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babka

US/ˈbɑb.kə/

babka noun: a Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, such as chocolate or lemon.

babka: a Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or...
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Noun

babka (countable and uncountable, plural babkas)

  1. A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, such as chocolate or lemon.
    • These festive, fudgy confections are a mash-up of two traditional Jewish favorites: rugelach and chocolate babka.2021 December 8, Melissa Clark, “Chocolate Babka Rugelach”, in New York Times Cooking, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2021
    • And while you’re there, you can pick up a babka, which you’ve heard about (a twisted, sweet chocolate loaf) and a bag of rugelach which you might not have (crescent-shaped chocolate pastries).2022, Laura Goodman, “A schmear campaign”, in The Joy of Snacks […], London: Headline Publishing Group, →ISBN

babka meaning in Indonesian

babka in Indonesian

coffee cake
babka

Forms of babka

pluralbabkas

Origin of babka

From a Slavic language likely via Yiddish באַבקע (babke). Compare baba (“rum soaked cake”).

Questions about babka

What does babka mean?
Babka means a Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, such as chocolate or lemon.
What is babka in Indonesian?
Babka in Indonesian is babka. See Babka meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is babka?
Babka is a noun.
How do you pronounce babka?
Babka is pronounced /ˈbɑb.kə/ (US).
What is the plural of babka?
The plural of babka is babkas.

Words near babka in the dictionary

  1. Babism
  2. Babist
  3. Babists
  4. Babite
  5. Babites
  6. babka
  7. babkas
  8. babkinite
  9. bablah
  10. bablahs
  11. Bable

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