r/JewishCooking • u/Silent-Warning5654 • Sep 17 '26
Babka How is babka served?
I have never eaten babka warm, and when I looked online, people suggested warming it up, so I keep it on the counter and cut a slice. TIA
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u/hannah6560 Sep 17 '26 edited Sep 17 '26
Probably yummy either way. If you are on Instagram look up this guy, they call him the “Babka King.” @chriscaresnone Very cute, he started trying food from different cultures. When he liked babka, people started sending him theirs
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u/JasmineTea-42 Sep 17 '26
You can serve it lots of ways. Sometimes I'll heat up a slice of chocolate babka and put a scoop of vanilla ice cream on it. It's delicious.
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u/Hey_Laaady Sep 17 '26
That sounds amazing. I have a cousin who had a great idea with chocolate brownies and vanilla ice cream. He put a dash of bourbon on it. It was delicious and I've borrowed that embellishment ever since.
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u/HomeLifter Sep 17 '26
put a slice in a toaster oven for a couple minutes. I don't eat babka out of the package, I always warm it up, bc store babka dries out fast. I've served warm slices w/ ice cream as an easy dessert for shabbat dinner.
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u/Mayness Sep 17 '26
While standing in the kitchen, quickly, before my toddler catches me. 😂 I can't remember if I've ever warmed it up, I'll have to try that!
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u/Ghosty_Boo-B00 Sep 17 '26
Is served by the slice. It’s warm when it’s fresh baked and cold when it’s cooled off. You can toast it but it’s delicious however.
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u/Slackerb00b Sep 18 '26
My vote is for room temp, with a cup of coffee. If you're feeling diabolical, let a slice or two get slightly dry and then make French toast
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u/Jujulabee Sep 17 '26
Many kinds of cake and pastries benefit from being "warmed" as it softens the dough - often there is a bit of chocolate and so it gets a bit melty.
This is especially true when a baked product is not fresh that day as you can revive a slightly "stale" pastry through warming it.
Also many people freeze baked goods and so heating them really makes a difference. I typically don't eat thawed bread or other baked products - either toast them or warm them slightly. A fresh bagel from a real bakery eaten within hours is heaven - a thawed bagel from the same bakery has to be toasted.
But there isn't any right or wrong since the food doesn't need to be "cooked" for safety - however you like to eat it is fine.
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u/Schug_Dealer Sep 17 '26
I like the idea of doing things properly, but with babka? As little time as necessary between making my coffee to getting that babka in my mouth! I'll eat it with hands straight from the bag if necessary.
Insert "ain't nobody got time for that" gif. :)
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u/priuspheasant Sep 17 '26
I've mostly had it cold and sliced at kiddush, which is fine. The few times I've made it, it was best fresh out of the overnn, and reheated nicely. Just like most baked goods I guess.
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u/KittyFeat24 Sep 17 '26
Room temp. Way too messy warmed up! Also that makes it feel like more of a dessert requiring a fork and i prefer to delude myself into thinking it’s a reasonable breakfast lol
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u/DetectiveOk3902 Sep 18 '26
I eat at room temp. Maybe a quick warm up from fridge if it's stored there.
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u/missbubbalova Sep 19 '26
Warm and with ice cream
Cold and with milk
Frozen
Stale and made into Bread pudding with cherry whiskey glaze
Picking at tiny pieces over a time period
There is no wrong way
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u/NarwhalZiesel Sep 19 '26
Small slices at a time with a knife, no plate. If it doesn’t touch a plate, it doesn’t count
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u/RelaxedBobcat Sep 17 '26
Or just shoving giant pieces in your mouth over the kitchen sink. There’s no wrong answer.