Babka

I really don't know why it wasn't labeled a "babka"-perhaps they just thought some people wouldn't know what that was. ❋ Lindy (2009)

The foods traditionally blessed by a priest for Easter can be placed in three categories: breads (particularly a yeasty cake called babka), meats (ham, veal, suckling pig, sausage, bacon) and dairy products (butter, cheese, eggs or pisanki-often beautifully decorated by hand). ❋ Unknown (2009)

• Easter bread and cakes of all kinds, particularly a yeasty cake called babka ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shoyer, the owner of Paula's Parisian Pastries Cooking School in the Washington D.C., area, spends more than 300 pages modernizing Jewish classics such as babka, honey cake and hamentaschen and creating kosher versions of today's trendiest desserts - favorites like red velvet cupcakes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I've never had babka but the ingredients sound amazing ❋ Sarah (2009)

"When did I last crave a babka?" mused 46-year-old Emily Katz, who grew up in the area. ❋ Kavita Mokha (2010)

I wouldn't ever suggest leaving a chocolate babka around us; that could be very very dangerous. ❋ Melissa (2009)

For dessert, try the peanut butter and jelly sinkers, doughnut holes to be dipped in warm peanut butter and jelly, or the homemade warm chocolate-cinnamon babka Loaf. ❋ Shelly Banjo (2011)

And a box arrives from Zabar's in New York with rye bread and chocolate babka. ❋ Unknown (2011)

From babka to shortbreads to beignets to luscious cream, you will want to bake every single recipe in this book. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The chocolate babka is topped with large crumbs like you would find on a coffee cake and the inside of the babka is light with the perfect amount of chocolate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A chocolate babka from Zadies can be tricky to track down. ❋ Jordana Zizmor (2010)

So while the babka may look like a homemade version it is in fact from Green's. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My ultimate babka comes from Zadies bakery in New Jersey. ❋ Jordana Zizmor (2010)

I've made nearly a dozen recipes from this cookbook -- from coffee cake streusel muffins to chocolate babka to peanut butter cookies, and all have elicited shouts of joy from my coworkers. ❋ Unknown (2010)