Chocolate babka muffins are yeast-raised muffins, that have an delecious chocolate filling, topped by streusel (an mixture of butter-flour-sugar, topped over bread in order to get an 'crumbly' effect)
The word, 'Babka' is derived from word, 'baba' also known as grandmother in Polish (from Poland). The original derivative of this sweet yeast-raised bread were known to be stout and round, hence the name. Lateron, these were twisted and baked on loaf pan with an filling of cinnamon flavoured chocolate. Slowly, this muffins originated from traditional loafs. Instead of baking them as loafs and slicing them, an effective method of slicing the dough (before baking) and transferring into individual muffin trays was done.
The word, 'Babka' is derived from word, 'baba' also known as grandmother in Polish (from Poland). The original derivative of this sweet yeast-raised bread were known to be stout and round, hence the name. Lateron, these were twisted and baked on loaf pan with an filling of cinnamon flavoured chocolate. Slowly, this muffins originated from traditional loafs. Instead of baking them as loafs and slicing them, an effective method of slicing the dough (before baking) and transferring into individual muffin trays was done.
The rich taste of flaky, buttery dough combined with delecious chocolate filling, did win many hearts back at home. To my surprise, my not-so-chocolate-lover hubby, loved them totally. I couldn't have asked for more :) All thanks to Tamy and Swathi Iyer for this wonderful challenge.
