Rum baba (basic recipe)
The classic recipe for a rum baba suggests the presence of rum among the ingredients. But there is no usual raisin in it. But as a decoration, you can add berries and candied fruits.
Ingredients
- 100 ml milk
- flour - 200 g
- 3 Art. l. Sahara
- 10 g dry yeast
- 3 art. l. butter
- large egg - 3 pcs.
- 0.5 h. l. replace
- vegetable oil for mold
- 250 g sugar
- 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice
- 2 h. l. Roma
- sugar - 150 g
Cooking
Step 1
For dough, combine warmed milk with 1 tbsp. l. flour, sugar, yeast, mix, cover with a film and put in heat for 15 minutes
Step 2
When the dough begins to ferment and rises, pour the remaining flour into it. Add whipped butter, beaten eggs, salt and mix. Put the dough back in a warm place for about 30 minutes.
Step 3
Lubricate the baking molds with vegetable oil and fill with dough for 1/3 of the volume. Let the dough rise to the top of the mold, about 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 200C.
Step 4
Carefully transfer the molds to the oven. Bake 15 min. until golden. Check the readiness of the dough by pricking it with a toothpick.
Step 5
For syrup, dissolve sugar in 100 ml of water, bring to a boil, remove from heat and cool; add rum. Moisten the baba from all sides with syrup.
Step 6
For icing, boil the powdered sugar, stirring, until thickened in 100 ml of water; add lemon juice, mix thoroughly. Coat the rum baba with glaze. You can decorate it with sprinkles, and the dish with berries and candied fruits.