Polish Babka Cake
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| Cook Time | 60 minutes |
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Ingredients
Dough
- 480 g all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp yeast
- 90 g apple sauce
- 100 g vegan butter
- 90 g cocoa butter
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 180 ml plant milk
- 70 g sugar
- 1 pinch salt
Filling
- 200 g vegan butter
- 110 g cocoa butter
- 60 ml vegetable oil
- 6 tbsp cocoa powder
- 450 g sugar
- 60 g vegan dark chocolate
- 3 tbsp nut butter
- 2 tbsp apple sauce
- 2 tbsp sugar
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Dough
Filling
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Instructions
Method for the filling
- Melt the butter in a saucepan on low heat. Add the chocolate and let it melt into the butter. Remove from the heat and mix with a whisk until all the chocolate has melted.
- Add the rest of the filling ingredients and mix with a whisk. Set aside in a cool place to harden.
Method for the cake
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Remove from the heat and add the plant milk. Mix well and set aside.
- Add the flour, yeast, sugar and apple sauce to a mixer with a dough hook and mix for 30 seconds.
- Add the plant milk and butter mix with a pinch of salt to the mixer and mix well on low speed for about 5 minutes until a very soft dough forms.
- Shape the dough into a ball, brush with oil, place in a large bowl, cover the bowl with cling film and set aside for about 1 hour until the dough has doubled in volume.
- Meanwhile, line the tin with parchment paper. Alternatively, grease the tin with margarine.
- Split the dough in half.
- Flatten out one half using a rolling pin, rolling it as thin as you can (about 2 mm thickness ).
- Spread half of the filling onto the flattened dough using a spatula and roll into a cylinder shape.
- Use a sharp knife to cut in half lengthwise.
- Twist the two halves around each other and place in the tin, cover with cling film and let rise for about 45 minutes.
- Repeat steps 7-10 with the other half of the dough.
- You can brush any leftover filling over the dough and sprinkle with sugar.
- After letting the dough rise for 45 mins, the two cakes are ready to go into the oven. Bake for about 40 minutes until they are firm to the touch.
- Remove the two cakes from the oven, put on a rack to cool and cover with a towel. Let cool for 1 hour.
