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Chocolate Babka with a Twist

  • Author: Rolled in Dough
  • Prep Time: 1.75 hours
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Total Time: 2.25 hours
  • Yield: 2 1x
  • Category: Cakes
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: Jewish

Description

A classic Chocolate Babka with a unique twist for an added sweetness and taste: halva pieces! Add halva pieces into your chocolate mix and the results will blow you away!

Ingredients

Scale

Dough Ingredients:

  • 4 1/2 cups of Flour
  • 1 tbsp of Active Dry Yeast
  • 1/2 cup of Sugar
  • 1 cup of Room Temperature Water
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 Egg Yolk
  • 1/2 tsp of Salt
  • 5 tbsp of Softened Butter

Filling Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of Sugar
  • 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tbsp of Ground Cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup of Cocoa Powder
  • 2.5 tbsp of Melted Butter
  • Halva Pieces

Glaze:

  • 1 egg white

Instructions

  1. In a mixer fitted with the dough attachment, add flour, and yeast. Mix them together. 
  2. Add sugar, milk, 2 eggs, 1 egg yolk, salt and butter to the bowl. Knead this for 5 minutes at medium speed. 
  3. Once the dough is smooth and sticks to the bottom of the bowl, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set aside until it has doubled in size. This will take 1-2 hours.
  4. In the meantime, make your filling. In a bowl, mix sugar, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, and cocoa powder. Add in halva pieces, if you wish.
  5. Once the dough has doubled in size, place it on a floured surface and divide it into two. Roll out the dough as thinly as you can into a rectangular shape. Spread half the melted butter on the dough and dust with your chocolate filling. Make sure to cover the dough. Repeat with the second half of the dough.
  6. Slowly roll the dough into a long log, and fold it into your shape. Twist the dough into itself, like a screw. Transfer the cakes to a greased pans or on parchment paper and let them rest for 20 minutes.
  7. Preheat over to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. 
  8. Whisk the egg white with a fork until it foams up and brush the Chocolate Babkas. Bake for 25 minutes (until the cakes are browned).
  9. Once they are browned, cover with aluminum foil and lower the temperature to 325 degrees Fahrenheit for another 20-25 minutes.
  10. Let cool, serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cake
  • Calories: 2498
  • Sugar: 254.6g
  • Sodium: 808mg
  • Fat: 52.2g
  • Saturated Fat: 30.1g
  • Carbohydrates: 484.8g
  • Fiber: 17.1g
  • Protein: 47.2g
  • Cholesterol: 277mg

Keywords: babka, chocolate babka, halva babka

Find it online: https://rolledindough.com/chocolate-babka-with-a-twist/