Baba Au Rhum (Lighter Version)
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
-
For the cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 cup sugar
- 2 dry yeast, packages or 60 g fresh yeast
- 1⁄2 cup milk, warm (no more than 40C)
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 3 eggs
-
For the syrup
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 1⁄2 cup black rum (like captain Morgan)
- 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
directions
- (Except for the milk, all the other ingredients must be at room temperature. So put them out of the fridge before start cooking).
- Dissolve completely the yeast in two tablespoons warm water (40°C) and let stand for 5-10 minutes.
- Add the milk, the butter, the sugar and half cup of flour in a mixer bowl. Start beating them.
- Add the eggs and half of the rest flour until you have a dough.
- Add the rest of the flour. Cover the bowl with a plastic wrap and a blanket. Let it stand for one hour. There must be some bubbles in the dough.
- Butter a cake pan and dust it with a little butter, as well.
- Put the dough in the pan and let it stand covered for 30-45 minutes more.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 175°C for about one hour.
- When you take it out of the oven, using tooth pick make some holes on the cake and pure over as it is still hot the warm syrup.
- Let it cool and when it is cold and it had absorbed the syrup transfer into a serving plate.
-
Syrup:
- Boil the water with the sugar for 5 minutes and remove from heat.
- Add the lemon juice and the rum.
Questions & Replies
Got a question?
Share it with the community!
Reviews
Have any thoughts about this recipe?
Share it with the community!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Photos: From Disneyland Paris!!!
Hello everyone. I'm hooked at Recipezaar since 2004 but recently became a member.I love reading your recipes and trying them out!
I live in Greece and I work as an accountant. From your recipes I' m learning about differents ways of cooking.
All the recipes that I'm going to post are already made and enjoyed by me and my family and friends. I don't like posting recipes that I don't Know how they taste.Thats a promise!!!
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/ZaarNicksMom/Animation6.gif">
<img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/ZaarNicksMom/PACsticker-Adopted.jpg">
<img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/PACSpring09Iwasadopted.jpg"> <img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/PACSpring09Participation.jpg">
<img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jewelies/fishheads-1.jpg">
<img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/PACfall08partic.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/IWasAdoptedfall08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">
<img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c105/jewelies/boronia.jpg">
<img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/PAC08Main.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/adoptedspring08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">
<img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/Adopted1smp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/smPACp.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket">
<img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/projects/200_PACpic.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"> <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/projects/pacbanner.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket">
<img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/200_artistrichardneuman-art-prints_.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/untitled.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting">
<img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/beartag_1_1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"><img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/adopted_1_1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting">
<img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/World%20Tour/ZWT2.gif">
<img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/DUCHESS13/Zaar%20World%20Tour%203/ZWT3-Participation.gif">
<img src="http://www.satsleuth.com/cooking/RecipeSwap2.JPG" width=70%>
<img src="http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-11/484938/Spelling-Bee-stick2jpg.jpg">