Chocolate Babka--it was a total FLOP!

cbmk4 · 12-19-2011, 05:21 PM

I was looking for something special to make for Christmas morning when I came across a recipe for chocolate babka in the December 2009 issue of Cooking Light.

I can't wait to make it!

If the recipe can't be found online, I will come back to add it here later when I am not on my phone.

Psyche · 12-19-2011, 05:42 PM

Please do!

flowermama · 12-22-2011, 12:35 PM

I think I found it! http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/choc...0000001941059/ It looks really yummy.

cbmk4 · 12-22-2011, 06:56 PM

Yup that's it. Sorry that I posted when on my phone and then haven't had a chance to come back to update.

Radosny Matka · 12-22-2011, 07:36 PM

That looks delish!

NewLeaf · 12-22-2011, 07:43 PM

I'd never heard of a babka before. It's so pretty!

SweetCaroline · 12-22-2011, 08:23 PM

i saw the word "babka" and immediately thought of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i78azsi7M94

cbmk4 · 12-26-2011, 03:11 PM

So, I guess my yeast was old or something. It never rose properly, so it was as dense and heavy as a brick!

My lovely dh refused to let me throw it out; instead he took it along to a family gathering and insisted to everyone that it was delicious.

On the other hand, a brown sugar cheesecake I made today did turn out!

flowermama · 12-26-2011, 03:23 PM

Oh, no! Your dh sounds so sweet.

Yeast can be so tricky sometimes. I'm sorry it didn't turn out. I'm glad your brown sugar cheesecake turned out!

On a side-note, I had a flop yesterday, too... I make a cake for "Jesus' birthday" each year, and my first one yesterday was literally a flop... it sank in the middle. My mom kept saying "Oh, just frost it, it'll be okay." Um, no, Mom.. it won't (it was reallly bad.... the worst I've ever made, though it sure smelled good). LOL I cooked another cake and thank goodness that one turned out.

SweetCaroline · 12-26-2011, 06:26 PM

im sorry!

brown sugar cheesecake sounds delicious!!!

ViolaMum · 12-26-2011, 06:35 PM

Sorry your babka didn't turn out.

Do you think it was just the yeast, or a problem with the recipe? Would you try it again?

Brown sugar cheesecake sounds

Would you care to share your recipe?

12-19-2011, 05:21 PM	#1
cbmk4 Rose Garden INTJ Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,198	Chocolate Babka--it was a total FLOP! I was looking for something special to make for Christmas morning when I came across a recipe for chocolate babka in the December 2009 issue of Cooking Light. I can't wait to make it! If the recipe can't be found online, I will come back to add it here later when I am not on my phone. __________________ Married to my sweetheart for 25 years Mama to my four dear children ages 22, 19, (forever 13) and 10 Last edited by cbmk4; 12-26-2011 at 03:09 PM.

12-19-2011, 05:42 PM	#2
Psyche Rose Garden Srsly? Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: DFW Posts: 24,442	Re: Chocolate Babka Please do! __________________ Heather (ISTJ) working full time, wife to Jason since '02, mom to C 12 years old, J 9 years old , and T 6 years old , mouse catching, Izzy, and rabbit chasing, Ellie.

12-22-2011, 12:35 PM	#3
flowermama Owner/Founder of GCM Administrator Run with endurance the race that is set before you. . . Heb. 12:1 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 30,571	Re: Chocolate Babka I think I found it! http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/choc...0000001941059/ It looks really yummy. __________________ ~ Jeri Vegan mom to my vegan kiddos DD1 (24), DS1 (21), DD2 (18), and DS2 (15) And wife to my gentle DH for 26 years and counting Instagram: gentleveganrunner gentlechristianmothers

12-22-2011, 06:56 PM	#4
cbmk4 Rose Garden INTJ Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,198	Re: Chocolate Babka Yup that's it. Sorry that I posted when on my phone and then haven't had a chance to come back to update. __________________ Married to my sweetheart for 25 years Mama to my four dear children ages 22, 19, (forever 13) and 10

12-22-2011, 07:36 PM	#5
Radosny Matka Rose Garden I am so blessed! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: somewhere between sane and crazy Posts: 26,922	Re: Chocolate Babka That looks delish! __________________ Sara Wife to Love of my life 8/98 Momma to my precious children: N 17 years, P 13 years, O 5 years! Remembering our babies: 12/98 9/99 12/09 1/17

12-22-2011, 07:43 PM	#6
NewLeaf Deactivated Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Second star to the right, straight on til morning. Posts: 6,571	Re: Chocolate Babka I'd never heard of a babka before. It's so pretty!

12-22-2011, 08:23 PM	#7
SweetCaroline Rose Garden a little Attachment Parenting will fix that Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,981	Re: Chocolate Babka i saw the word "babka" and immediately thought of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i78azsi7M94 __________________ Gently mothering 5 babes one day at a time, only by the help of my Lord - ages 11,6,5, 4, & 2 Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. ISFP

12-26-2011, 03:11 PM	#8
cbmk4 Rose Garden INTJ Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,198	Re: Chocolate Babka--it was a total FLOP! So, I guess my yeast was old or something. It never rose properly, so it was as dense and heavy as a brick! My lovely dh refused to let me throw it out; instead he took it along to a family gathering and insisted to everyone that it was delicious. On the other hand, a brown sugar cheesecake I made today did turn out! __________________ Married to my sweetheart for 25 years Mama to my four dear children ages 22, 19, (forever 13) and 10

12-26-2011, 03:23 PM	#9
flowermama Owner/Founder of GCM Administrator Run with endurance the race that is set before you. . . Heb. 12:1 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 30,571	Re: Chocolate Babka--it was a total FLOP! Oh, no! Your dh sounds so sweet. Yeast can be so tricky sometimes. I'm sorry it didn't turn out. I'm glad your brown sugar cheesecake turned out! On a side-note, I had a flop yesterday, too... I make a cake for "Jesus' birthday" each year, and my first one yesterday was literally a flop... it sank in the middle. My mom kept saying "Oh, just frost it, it'll be okay." Um, no, Mom.. it won't (it was reallly bad.... the worst I've ever made, though it sure smelled good). LOL I cooked another cake and thank goodness that one turned out. __________________ ~ Jeri Vegan mom to my vegan kiddos DD1 (24), DS1 (21), DD2 (18), and DS2 (15) And wife to my gentle DH for 26 years and counting Instagram: gentleveganrunner gentlechristianmothers

12-26-2011, 06:26 PM	#10
SweetCaroline Rose Garden a little Attachment Parenting will fix that Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 3,981	Re: Chocolate Babka--it was a total FLOP! im sorry! brown sugar cheesecake sounds delicious!!! __________________ Gently mothering 5 babes one day at a time, only by the help of my Lord - ages 11,6,5, 4, & 2 Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation. -- Martin Luther King, Jr. ISFP

12-26-2011, 06:35 PM	#11
ViolaMum Rose Garden Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5,542	Re: Chocolate Babka--it was a total FLOP! Sorry your babka didn't turn out. Do you think it was just the yeast, or a problem with the recipe? Would you try it again? Brown sugar cheesecake sounds Would you care to share your recipe? __________________ Darcy married to my Photographic Genius (1/00) Mom to: Prima, Secunda, Tertia, and Quarta Youth and Beauty are fleeting, but the ability to bake a great chocolate cake lasts forever!

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