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    Home » Recipes » Eggless Chocolate Babka – #BreadBakers

    Eggless Chocolate Babka – #BreadBakers

    Mar 8, 2016 · Modified: Feb 7, 2020 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

    It is my favorite ingredient for this month’s #BreadBakers. Our host for March 2016, Shireen of Ruchik Randhap, challenged us to bake something delicious with Cocoa/Carob in any form, in short Death by Chocolate was this month’s theme!! 🙂 
    I immediately decided on the bread, it is in my to-do list for a long time now, Chocolate Babka.  A rich traditional Jewish bread, made of yeast-ed dough, that is filled with chocolate, twisted and baked in a high loaf pan and topped with streusel. Doesn’t the description itself induce a food-coma!!!
    There is also another version of babka in Central and Eastern Europe, a rich brioche dough, baked without any filling, glazed with chocolate and candied nuts. A festive bread, baked during Easter, Christmas and New Year.
    While looking for a perfect recipe, i came across many variations of babka. Each one was delicious. My recipe is inspired from here, here and here.  One of the plus in this recipe is the dough. It can be made ahead, dumped in the fridge and just an hour before baking, remove it, fill and bake. I totally loved the idea. I made the dough in the morning, rested for almost a full day in the fridge, and baked at night around 10 pm. Loved the texture of the bread, soft, buttery rich and chocolate, chocolate and chocolate. 
    Ingredients
    For the dough
    2 cups Bread flour, plus extra for dusting
    2 ½ teaspoon instant yeast
    ½ cup warm milk
    ¼ cup granulated sugar
    Grated zest of ½ an orange
    ¾ teaspoon salt
    ⅓ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
    Any neutral oil, for greasing
     
    For the chocolate filling
    3 tablespoon cocoa
    3 tablespoon caster sugar
    2 tablespoon roasted cocoa nibs
    ¼ cup chopped dark chocolate
    2 teaspoon instant cofee powder
    2-3 tablespoon butter, melted
    1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
     
    For the Streusel topping
    2 tablespoon all purpose flour
    2 tablespoon butter
    2 tablespoon caster sugar
    1 tablespoon cocoa
    1 teaspoon instant coffee
    2-3 tablespoon chopped walnuts
     
    Method
    • Take flour, sugar, yeast, salt and zest together in a food processor bowl. Run it for a minute for the ingredients to mix well.
    • To this mix, add butter and run it again. Now slowly add milk to this and knead a smooth dough. Knead about 4-5 minutes, until the dough pulls off the side of the processor bowl. 
    • Grease a bowl with oil, place the dough into it, cover well with a cling-wrap and let it sit in the refrigerator overnight or alt east half a day.
    • An hour before baking the bread, pull the dough out of the fridge and let it sit on the counter. The dough wouldn’t have doubled, it would have barely rised half its original amount. Do not worry, you will get a rich loaf.
    • Let us prepare the filling, Mix together all the ingredients except butter in a bowl and set aside until use.
    • To make the bread, dust your counter with little flour, Roll the dough into a 10 x 12 inches rectangle or simply double the size of the loaf pan. 
    • Brush the rolled dough with butter, ;leaving 1 inch of the sides. Sprinkle generously with the filling, again leaving 1 inch of the sides.
    • Now roll the dough into a tight log. pinch and seal the edges. Using a sharp serrated knife, slit the dough into lengthwise, keeping one end untouched. It should be like 2 ropes, with one end secured. 
    • Now twist the rolls one top of the other like you are braiding. Secure the end and snuggle it under the braid.
    • Carefully lift the babka on to a parchment-laid baking pan, i used a 9 inch loaf pan. Let it rest for another 45 minutes. While the dough is resting, prepare the streusel by mixing everything together.
    • Preheat the oven to 190C. Spread the streusel mix on top of the bread and bake it for about 35-40 minutes or until it is done.
    • Remove the bread onto a wire rack, let it cook completely. Slice and serve a little warm along with your evening cuppa.  
    #BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.
    We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.
    BreadBakers
    Breads with Cocoa, Cacao or Carob in any form
    • Chocolate & Cherry Swirl Breads from The Bread She Bakes 
    • Chocolate Orange Swirl Buns from Mayuri’s Jikoni 
    • Chocolate and Vanilla Brioche from Kidsandchic 
    • Chocolate Banana Quick Bread from Basic N Delicious 
    • Chocolate Buttermilk Quick Bread from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings 
    • Chocolate Cinnamon Rolls from A Day in the Life on the Farm 
    • Chocolate Filled Bundt Bread from Food Lust People Love 
    • Chocolate Hazelnut Banana Bread from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks 
    • Chocolate Monkey Bread from Sara’s Tasty Buds 
    • Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Quick Bread from Magnolia Days 
    • Chocolate Peanut Butter Cinnamon Rolls from From Gate to Plate 
    • Chocolate Yeast Bread from Cook’s Hideout 
    • Croatian Povitica – Chocolate Walnut Swirl Bread from Herbivore Cucina 
    • Dark Chocolate Cherry Pocket Bread from Karen’s Kitchen Stories 
    • Dark Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns from Baking in Pyjamas 
    • Double Chocolate Espresso Scones from Wholistic Woman 
    • Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread from Sizzling Tastebuds 
    • Egg Free 45 Minutes Chocolate Buns from Gayathri’s Cook Spot 
    • Eggless Chocolate Babka from I Camp in my Kitchen 
    • Eggless Chocolate Swirl Buns from Seduce Your Tastebuds 
    • Eggless Triple Chocolate Scones from Spill the Spices 
    • Four-Chocolate Sour Cream Quickbread from What Smells So Good? 
    • Leopard Print Bread from Spiceroots 
    • Pain Au Chocolat (Chocolate filled Croissants) from G’Gina’s Kitchenette 
    • Pane Al Cioccolato – Chocolate Bread from Ruchik Randhap 
    • Petits Pain au Chocolat – Mini Chocolate Croissant from Sneha’s Recipe 
    • Sourdough Cacao Sweet Bread from The Schizo Chef 
    • Sweet Russian Chocolate Braid from Hostess At Heart 
    • Two Chocolates Greek Yogurt Banana Bread from La cocina de Aisha 
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Unknown

      March 08, 2016 at 12:34 pm

      Nice bread!

      Reply
    2. Torviewtoronto

      March 08, 2016 at 4:30 pm

      this looks fabulous beautiful pictures

      Reply
    3. Unknown

      March 08, 2016 at 8:00 pm

      Awesome bread!! Loved that it is eggless 🙂

      Reply
    4. Unknown

      March 08, 2016 at 10:11 pm

      That streusel topping sounds wonderful for this bread!

      Reply
    5. Julie

      March 08, 2016 at 10:56 pm

      I thought about this for this challenge but choose differently. I'm happy that you brought us a beautiful loaf of babka bread this month!

      Reply
    6. Unknown

      March 09, 2016 at 3:13 am

      its been ages am seeing chocolate babka.yummy flavors and lovely chocolaty treat

      Reply
    7. Rafeeda AR

      March 09, 2016 at 6:56 am

      I can literally smell that bread… looks amazing!

      Reply
    8. Shireen

      March 09, 2016 at 12:10 pm

      Super looking babka that I bet is as delicious!! You were right about the theme! It is indeed death by chocolate 🙂 thanks so much for participating in this event!

      Reply
    9. A Day in the Life on the Farm

      March 09, 2016 at 5:40 pm

      What a great looking bread. That streusel puts it right over the top.

      Reply
    10. Kalyani

      March 10, 2016 at 3:52 am

      that babka looks so delish, Priya 🙂 Chocolate overload, but who's complaining 😀

      Reply
    11. Karen

      March 11, 2016 at 4:30 am

      Looks beautiful! I've never heard of eggless babka and this sounds delish!

      Reply
    12. Pavani

      March 13, 2016 at 2:05 pm

      That is a beautiful looking babka Priya. Love that perfect crumb.

      Reply
    13. Mayuri Patel

      March 13, 2016 at 9:30 pm

      Babka looks wonderful and tempting.

      Reply
    14. Addey

      March 14, 2016 at 2:22 am

      I love a well made babka! I adore yours.. so perfect and eggless to boot! Great job.

      Reply
    15. Chef Mireille

      March 28, 2016 at 2:51 pm

      babka has been on my to do list for so long and with that choc streusel this looks like a great version

      Reply

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