Type | Bread |
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Place of origin | Poland, western Ukraine[1][2][3][4] |
Variations | Chocolate babka, cinnamon babka, apple babka, sweet cheese babka, cinnamon raisin babka |
A babka is a sweet braided bread which originated in the Jewish communities of Poland and Ukraine.[5][6][7][8] It is popular in Israel (often referred to as simply a yeast cake: עוגת שמרים)[citation needed] and in the Jewish diaspora. It is prepared with a yeast-leavened dough that is rolled out and spread with a filling such as chocolate, cinnamon, fruit, or cheese, then rolled up and braided before baking.
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