How to Use babka in a Sentence

babka

noun
  • Cut about half a loaf of chocolate babka into bite-size cubes, and toss them with 2 Tbsp.
    Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 22 Dec. 2022
  • That means the bread, sure, but also the donuts and the babka and even the chocolate croissants.
    oregonlive, 20 July 2023
  • Yeh has a recipe for Cardamom Babka in the book, but any babka will work.
    Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 22 Dec. 2022
  • But for those from Russia — and this year, for so many from Ukraine — break-fast is a slice of sweet babka and a glass of lemon tea.
    Ethel G. Hofman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2022
  • In the winter, folks might grab a creme brûlée latte, or s’mores hot chocolate and chocolate babka to watch ice skaters and pickup hockey games on the pond.
    Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Families will still order rounds of bagels, eggs and lox for weekend brunch, then line up at the deli counter for slices of babka and whitefish salad by the pound.
    Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The cream-soda flavoring is a twist on the vanilla often used in Polish babka, a cake Paulina grew up on.
    New York Times, 15 June 2022
  • The babka part of the cake would surely be paired with coffee, however, once the aspect of chocolate was introduced — well, who knows.
    Ellyn Laub, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Think: a spiced apple cake, a flaky galette studded with apricots, swirly chocolate babka, and apple and honey rice kugel.
    Antara Sinha, Bon Appétit, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The prix fixe brunch, at $85 per person, includes dishes like eggs Benedict on an English muffin with lemon chive hollandaise sauce and lemon babka French toast.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Its future plans include a film festival and classes on how to make chocolate babka pastries.
    Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • This Weekender Pack includes 12 of these famous bagels along with nova, cream cheese, white fish salad, a chocolate babka, and mini black & white cookies.
    Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • Among the offerings sure to whet the appetite of deli devotees are challah French toast, matzo ball soup, berbere spice fried artichoke with sumac aioli, and a chocolate babka bun with orange cream and streusel.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022

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