Chocolate-Filled Babka Recipe

I suggest making babka with chocolate filling. This is a very aromatic homemade cake with light citrus notes and a pleasant delicate texture. You can choose the filling according to your taste — nuts, cinnamon with sugar, jam and much more.
cook time: 4h
Elijah Stroud
Chocolate-Filled Babka Recipe

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

349
Calories
13g
Fat
47g
Carbs
7g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

For dough:

Wheat flour 400 g
Chicken eggs 2 pc
Sugar 50 g
Butter 80 g
Dry yeast 5 g
Milk 120 ml
Salt 0.33 tsp
Vanillin 0.33 tsp
Orange zest 1.5 tbsp

For filling:

Chocolate 150 g

For the syrup:

Water 2 tbsp
Sugar 3 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Dissolve 5 g of dry (or 15 g of fresh) yeast in warm (but not hot) milk. Sift 60 g of wheat flour there.

Step 2

Step 2
Stir, cover and leave for 25-30 minutes for the yeast to start working.

Step 3

Step 3
At this time, grate the zest from one orange on a fine grater. Makes approximately 1.5 tbsp. zest.

Step 4

Step 4
The yeast has started working. The fluffy hat tells us this. Add grated zest, 2 eggs, 50 g sugar and 1/3 tsp. salt. Mix everything with a whisk.

Step 5

Step 5
Sift 340 g of wheat flour into the mass in portions. First I added 1/3 tsp to the flour. vanillin. Knead the dough first using a spoon or whisk.

Step 6

Step 6
When it becomes denser, we work with our hands. Do not knead for a long time. Gather the dough into a ball, cover and let rest for 20-25 minutes.

Step 7

Step 7
Lightly flour the work surface, turn out the dough and knead until it becomes homogeneous and smooth.

Step 8

Step 8
Then add softened butter in two steps (35 g each). At first the dough will be very greasy and sticky. It should be. We actively work with our hands, knead the dough until it begins to stick to our hands. It will be pleasantly soft and flexible. Very gentle. If you knead the dough using a mixer, achieve the same result.

Step 9

Step 9
When we get the desired result, collect the dough into a ball again and transfer it to a bowl greased with vegetable oil. Send to a warm place for 2-2.5 hours.

Step 10

Step 10
During this time, the dough increased in volume by 2-2.5 times. Letʼs knead it thoroughly.

Step 11

Step 11
Then sprinkle the work surface with flour, lay out the dough and, first with your hands and then with a rolling pin, roll it into a rectangle measuring approximately 30 by 45 cm.

Step 12

Step 12
We spread 150 g of chocolate paste (I bought it at the store) and spread it in an even thin layer over the surface of the dough. We do not grease 2-3 cm from one edge, so that later it will be more convenient to pinch the roll.

Step 13

Step 13
Roll the dough with the filling into a roll and pinch the edges. Cover it and put it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.

Step 14

Step 14
Then carefully cut the roll lengthwise and intertwine the resulting parts.

Step 15

Step 15
Grease the mold with softened butter (form size 11x26 cm), cover with parchment paper and transfer our future grandmother. Cover and wait for it to double in size.

Step 16

Step 16
When the babka has increased in size (at 25 degrees for 1 hour), sprinkle it with water and put it in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees for 30 minutes. The oven worked in the “bottom-up” mode. 20 minutes after the dough has been placed in the oven, cover it. In the event that, in your opinion, it has already browned enough.

Step 17

Step 17
At this time, prepare the syrup. To do this, put the saucepan on the fire and pour 2 tbsp. water. Add 3 tbsp. sugar and cook until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool. If desired, you can add 1 tbsp. cognac or rum.

Step 18

Step 18
Remove the babka from the oven, brush with syrup and let stand for another 10 minutes. Then remove from the mold and let cool slightly.

Step 19

Step 19
Grandma is ready! Bon appetit!

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