photo
Caption
Genre
Published
Jun 02, 2021
07:56 PM

Story behind the Babka

From a covid side-gig to small business!

My name is Alex and I started The Babka Shop during Covid-19. Like many of you, I was at home baking up a storm, and realized that LA was missing the babka scene that NY has. So I went on a mission to bake the perfect babka. One that would cure our quarantine sorrows and make us smile. I tested about 6 different recipes until I formulated the perfect one—buttery, melt-in-your-mouth, babka with a sweet crumble topping (my favorite part).

What some people may not realize, is that babka is a lot more tedious to make them your average challah. The dough needs to proof several times and the longer you let the flavors marry, the better it is. It is a 2-day process and it is worth the wait!

How to make babka

Day 1: Make your dough! After mixing together your ingredients, the dough proofs for 2 hours. Then it chills in the fridge overnight. On day 1, I will also make the filling and crumble topping.

Day 2: Make your babka! Roll out the dough, spread filling, cut in half, twist, and then proof for 1 hour before baking.

*When I first started over the Jewish holidays, I had so many orders that I had to wake up at 4:00am to bake all the babkas (since it is so time consuming).

To learn more about The Babka Shop, check us out on Instagram!

DM us to place your babka order :)

Magma Logo
Cover / 3
22 Likes, 70 Views