With soft brioche sourdough dough and a decadent chocolate filling.
The dough is naturally leavened with sourdough starter. No commercial yeast is used
The enriched brioche dough is easiest to knead in a mixer but it's totally possible to do by hand!
It's filled with a decadent chocolate filling made with semi sweet chocolate, butter, powdered sugar and vanilla
And then it's braided. There are a few ways to braid a babka. This post will show you two different ways
Place it in a loaf pan and let it rise until doubled. This recipe makes 2 loaves of babka so you can do different fillings if you like
Then bake and brush with a sugar glaze while it's still hot. Sprinkle with powdered sugar when serving. Swipe up for the full recipe!