From the Connaught to Da Terra, names like Rafael Cagali are offering new takes on the long-standing convention.

Impress your guests with this rum-soaked, retro classic. You will need four 11cm/4½in baba tins (savarin moulds). Alternatively you can use small dariole moulds. Place the flour in a large bowl.

Bring to a boil and take out of the heat. Add the rum and the sliced vanilla bean with its seeds. Cover and leave to infuse for 15 minutes. Put the baba on a grid, on top of a deep baking tray.

Ingredients:9 eggs (cold) 3 ¼ cups (417 g) Bread flour 1 teaspoon Orange zest Vanilla extract (a little bit) 1 ¾ teaspoons (10 g) Fine salt ¼ cup (42 g) Sugar 6 oz. (170 g) Butter at room temperature ...

Let it boil for 5 minutes, then turn off and let it cool. Pour the warm syrup into a bowl and add the rum, stirring. Dip the babàs in the syrup, a little at a time. Turn them several times so ...

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Enjoy this recipe for a sweet treat popular in Southern Italy. Traditional babà rum cakes, seen in a pastry shop in the historic center of Naples, Italy, February 21, 2024. / Credit: Ivan Romano ...

One of the sweets he sold was Leszczyński’s babka, soaked with rum instead of wine – baba au rhum. Apparently, he was the one to give it the characteristic mushroom shape the cake is known for today.