Baba with Rum

Name: Baba with Rum
Prep time: 1 h 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 envelope active dry yeast; 30 milliliters cake flour, plus 5 cups; 118 milliliters dark rum; 5 larges eggs, plus 2 yolks; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters sugar; 1 sticks sweet butter, plus 2 tablespoons to grease the pan; 59 milliliters warm water; 237 milliliters water

One serving contains 407 calories, 6g of protein, and 15g of fat. This recipe serves 6. A mixture of active yeast, salt, rum, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 385 degrees F.

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Oven

Butter, then flour, a 12-cup muffin pan, and set aside.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Muffin Tray

In a small mixing bowl, stir together the yeast and warm water until the yeast dissolves.

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Water

Yeast

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Mixing Bowl

Add 1/8 cup flour, stirring until a paste is formed. Set aside for 10 minutes.

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All Purpose Flour

In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer for about 5 to 6 minutes, until a light ribbon is formed.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Mixing Bowl

Remove the beaters and clean all of the butter mixture off the beaters into the bowl.

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Butter

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Bowl

Place a dough hook attachment on the mixer and add the yeast mixture, the remaining flour, the salt, the eggs and yolks and mix well, about 8 to 9 minutes, until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Yeast

Egg Yolk

Egg

Salt

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Blender

Bowl

Remove the dough from the mixing bowl and divide it into 12 equal portions.

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Dough

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Mixing Bowl

Place each portion into a cup of the prepared muffin pan, cover with a towel and allow to stand for 1 hour, to double in bulk.

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Muffin Tray

Place the cakes in the oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until cooked through or when a toothpick entered at the center exits clean.

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Oven

Remove and allow to cool on a cake rack for 20 minutes.

Remove the cakes from the pan and place them on a sheet tray.

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Frying Pan

In a small saucepan, heat the water and sugar to boiling and stir to dissolve the sugar. Lower heat to a very high simmer and cook 15 minutes to form a simple syrup.

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Simple Syrup

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, add rum, stir to mix and allow to cool 5 minutes.

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Rum

Poke the tops of the cakes with a popsicle stick to form 8 to 10 slender holes. Spoon the rum syrup over the cakes and into the holes, and repeat twice with the syrup that drains out of the bottom.

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Syrup