Babka

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    3hrs 30mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    10
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    405
based on 52 ratings

A middle ground between cake and bread, Babka is a dough filled with cinnamon spiced chocolate rolled up and twisted to form its distinctive shape then baked in a loaf tin. A perfect indulgent treat to accompany a cup of coffee.

recipe updated 30 May 2024

Ingredients

  • Whole milk icon
    Whole milk
    150 ml
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    75 g
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    60 g
  • Dark chocolate icon
    Dark chocolate
    100 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    1
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    225 g
  • Strong white bread flour icon
    Strong white bread flour
    225 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    140 g
  • Dried yeast icon
    Dried yeast
    7 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    2
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    1 ½ tablespoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Loaf pan - 9"
  • kCook icon Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef
  • kCook icon Saucepan

Step preview

  1. Grease a clean loaf pan
  2. Attach Dough Hook
  3. Add whole milk, plain flour, strong white bread flour, caster sugar, dried yeast, egg and salt to the Kenwood Bowl
  4. Mix with splashguard fitted - 2 min, Speed Min
  5. Add unsalted butter to the Kenwood Bowl while machine is running
  6. Mix with splashguard fitted until dough forms - 8 min, Speed 2
  7. Cover with kitchen towel
  8. Prove until doubled - 1 hr
  9. Chill in fridge - 30 min
  10. Add unsalted butter, dark chocolate, caster sugar and ground cinnamon to a clean saucepan
  11. Heat until melted - medium heat
  12. Let cool
  13. Transfer chilled dough to a floured work surface
  14. Roll out to a large rectangle
  15. Spread the melted chocolate mixture over the surface of the dough
  16. Roll up the dough tightly using the long edge
  17. Place the dough so the seam is underneath
  18. Cut the dough length ways down the centre
  19. Twist the dough lengths around each other
  20. Place in a greased loaf tin, if the dough is too long you can place it in folded over itself
  21. Cover with kitchen towel
  22. Prove until doubled - 30 min
  23. Pre-heat oven - 180°C
  24. Retrieve the dough
  25. Brush with egg
  26. Bake - 1 hr, 180°C
  27. Cover with foil if the loaf begins to burn
  28. Remove from oven and let cool - 10 min
  29. Turn out onto cooling rack
  30. Let cool completely
  31. Serve
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