I never visited a Jewish bakery during my
short-lived time in New York last week. Needless to say, I deeply regretted it
after I bit into the Babka and my mouth experienced all that crunch from the
crust and chew from the cake/bread hybrid.
Side note if you’re thinking about
visiting New York: Please do, it will make you feel like Deb Perelman, if only
for a couple of weeks. Also, there are the most amazing-ly (cheap) juicy
burgers at Five Guys and almond croissants at Dominique Ansel’s bakery (not so
cheap).
My brother in law bought me the New York Cult Recipes cookbook for Christmas and the Babka was one of the many
impressive creations within (New York cheesecake is next on the list, but I’m
afraid it’ll be too difficult not to destroy it with my mouth before taking
pictures). Nearly all of the ingredients used in the Babka can be found tucked
away in kitchen cupboards, which is one of the reasons why I chose it, whose
got time to run to the supermarket on Boxing Day slash ever?