In the mixing bowl stir together milk and sugar until dissolved. Then add yeast. Wait 5 minutes until foamy. Then add 1/2 cup flour and beat with mixer on medium speed until combined. Then add 2 eggs, ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah kicks off Sunday. To celebrate the New Year, Breads Bakery in Manhattan has added some traditional treats to its menu. Baker Edan Leshnick ...

Kat Thompson is the associate editor of Eater at Home, covering home cooking and baking, cookbooks, and kitchen gadgets. She’s once eaten an entire loaf of babka in a single day. When I asked my ...

This chocolate babka is inspired by Dr. Brown’s black cherry soda. Black sesame cocoa filling is dotted with cherry preserves, plus cocoa crumbles for even more chocolate flavor and texture. The ...

My favorite kind of dessert is anything that goes well with coffee; luckily, that category includes most desserts but is specifically an excellent fit for coffee cake. Coffee cake may not contain any ...

Editor’s note: High altitudes make cookies spread in the pan, cakes fall, and few baked goods turn out as they do at sea level. This twice-monthly column presents recipes and tips that make baking in ...

A fixture in New York bakeries, the iconic black and white cookie provides the inspiration for this babka with a fudgy, malty fillling and vanilla glaze. Note: This recipe makes enough brioche dough ...

Babka very well might just be the king of all Jewish desserts. The sweet braided bread – usually swirled with chocolate or cinnamon – is addictively delicious, perfect either hot or room temperature, ...

We're knee-deep into the season of Lent. Christians everywhere have given up and added to, for the purpose of a more focused and meaningful experience. As we look forward to the day of celebration ...

Rich, gooey, seemingly endless layers of chocolate will make you forget its somewhat homely exterior. If babka is the hip Jewish treat du jour, then kokosh cake is its slightly homelier cousin of ...