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babka.

A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, such as chocolate or lemon.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɑb.kə/US
  1. A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, such as chocolate or lemon.

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Where this word comes from

From a Slavic language likely via Yiddish באַבקע (babke). Compare baba (“rum soaked cake”).

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