Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins.

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  • noun An Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins

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  • noun a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Polish, diminutive of baba, old woman.]

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From Slavic

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Examples

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

    Cake Lindy 2009

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

    Around Pittsburgh Lindy 2008

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

    Toast: Lindy 2008

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

    Squirrel Hill Past: The Babka Alias Lindy 2008

  • 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).

    Cincinnati Local News Headlines | WCPO.com 2009

  • • Easter bread and cakes of all kinds, particularly a yeasty cake called babka

    cause of our joy 2009

  • • Easter bread and cakes of all kinds, particularly a yeasty cake called babka

    cause of our joy 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.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • I've never had babka but the ingredients sound amazing

    Bibbity Bobbity Babka Sarah 2009

  • "When did I last crave a babka?" mused 46-year-old Emily Katz, who grew up in the area.

    Pushcarts Gone, Hester Street Area Seeks New Life Kavita Mokha 2010

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  • "If you could dig up laughs in a chocolate babka, you really were the funniest show around."

    --Marc Peyser, "Legend or Loser: Does 'Seinfeld' Still Hold Up After 10 Years?" Newsweek, May 12, 2008, 58

    May 15, 2008

  • бабка

    May 15, 2008