Bake the babàs in a static oven preheated to 340°F (170°C) for 15-20 minutes. Then take them out of the oven, let them cool, and remove them from the molds. In the meantime, prepare the syrup: put the ...

Impress your guests with this rum-soaked, retro classic. You will need four 11cm/4½in baba tins (savarin moulds). Alternatively you can use small dariole moulds. Place the flour in a large bowl.

One of the sweets he sold was Leszczyński’s babka, soaked with rum instead of wine – baba au rhum. Apparently, he was the one to give it the characteristic mushroom shape the cake is known for today.

Chef Rafael Cagali of London’s Da Terra finishes his cachaça baba with caviar. Courtesy of Da Terra The rum-baba renaissance currently sweeping London sees this long-standing convention as a ...

Let it boil for 5 minutes, then turn off and let it cool. Pour the warm syrup into a bowl and add the rum, stirring. Dip the babàs in the syrup, a little at a time. Turn them several times so ...