Chocolate, cinnamon, even olive -- it's all babka
In an episode of "Seinfeld," Jerry once defended cinnamon babka, saying it was not, as Elaine insisted, a "lesser babka." The well-known Jewish favorite has its origins in a tall, rich yeast-risen cake called baba that was eaten in Western Russia and Eastern Poland, and today it's the chocolate version that finds its way to most Hanukkah tables.
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This story published in ProChef SmartBrief on 12/06/2007
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