Vegan Holiday Babka
Well it has been awhile! The "holidaze" got to me. But Bopcha is back with a great addition to the blog. The fantastic vegan baker Maritza topped off our holiday dinner with her homemade vegan babka! YES! Homemade vegan babka! Here is how it all began....after many hours of proofing the dough, it was rolled out and the chocolate filling layered in. After this, it is rolled and the topping applied. Here comes the hard part: the dough is folded and then twisted. More topping is applied and then the babka is placed in the loaf pan to bake. Here is how it looked coming out of the oven. Doesn't it look fantastic!!! A lot of work. And guess what? It was devoured in about 10 minutes. Some spontaneous quotes from the tasters: "ultimate babka" "gimme that hot babka" "best babka I ever ate" " Fluffy, yet crisp: robust" "savory", "molten" "delectably moist" "I'm from Brooklyn ...