Recipe: Delicious Chocolate Babka bread (vegan)

Chocolate Babka bread (vegan). Babka is a braided sweet bread that is of Jewish decent. How long does vegan chocolate babka last? This is less a question of how long the babka stays delicious and more a question of how many hungry The perfect vegan banana bread, with no egg replacements.

NO egg replacers or weird ingredients! Delicious Chocolate Vegan Babka Our vegan everything dough does it again. This time making this beautiful braided chocolate bread. You could cook Chocolate Babka bread (vegan) using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Babka bread (vegan)

1. You need for of dough :.
2. It's 1 cup of wheat flour.
3. It's 1 cup of all purpose flour.
4. It's 1 tbsp of granulated sugar.
5. You need 3 tbsp of powdered sugar.
6. You need 1 pinch of salt.
7. It's 1 +1/4 tbsp of active dry yeast.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.
10. Prepare 1/2 cup of warm water.
11. You need for of filling :.
12. You need 30 grams of dark chocolate.
13. It's 5 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder.
14. You need 4 tbsp of brown sugar.
15. Prepare 1 tbsp of melted coconut oil.
16. It's 1 tbsp of almond milk or any milk of your choice.
17. You need 1/2 tsp of cinnamon powder.
18. You need 2-3 tbsp of roughly chopped walnuts.
19. You need for of sugar syrup :.
20. Prepare 1/2 cup of water.
21. You need 1/2 cup of sugar.

But a vegan babka is easier said than done. The structure of this bread is, like brioche, built with a liberal use of eggs that give the For my vegan version, I used aquafaba-- that rather yucky chickpea brine that I have sent down the drain by the gallon in my past life (I do eat a lot of chickpeas, you know). Usually, a babka has swirls of chocolate running throughout but another popular flavor is cinnamon. The process to make chocolate babka is not difficult but it is time-consuming.

Chocolate Babka bread (vegan) step by step

1. In a big mixing bowl combine whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, salt and powdered sugar and mix well. Now make a small depression (round) in the centre and pour warm water in it. Add granulated sugar and yeast to it. Leave it for 5 minutes. Now add the oil and vanilla extract to the yeast and make a slurry..
2. Now using your hands mix the yeast with the flour mixture and knead a dough. Transfer the dough on a lightly floured work surface and knead for 4-5 minutes until the dough becomes soft and smooth. Then make a round ball of the dough. Put the dough in a lightly greased bowl. Cover it with a cloth and let it rise for about 1- 1.5 hours or until it has almost doubled in volume..
3. Meanwhile prepare the filling. Combine all the ingredients listed in filling section(except cinnamon powder and walnuts) in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on medium-high for one minute and then take it out and using a whisk mix well. Microwave again for a minute, take it out and mix well..
4. Let the chocolate sauce cool and then keep it refrigerated until required. When the dough has doubled in volume knock it down with a fist and on a floured surface roll it into a rectangle with 1/2 cm thickness..
5. Now spread half of the chocolate mixture and spread evenly on the rolled dough leaving 1" border on each side. Sprinkle cinnamon powder evenly over the chocolate spread followed by chopped walnuts. Roll the dough into a tight log..
6. Take a sharp knife and cut the log lengthwise. Then twist each piece and make an X as a braid. Then seal each end properly by pinching it under the braid. Lift the log gently and carefully and put it into a lined 9" loaf pan and cover it with a samp cloth and keep it in a warm place to let rise until it doubles in volume..
7. Preheat the oven at 180°c. Brush the loaf with almond milk. Bake for about 30-40 minutes or until the bread gets a beautiful golden brown colour. Take it out and let it cool. Meanwhile prepare the sugar syrup. For the syrup boil sugar and water in a sauce pan until the sugar dissolves completely. Brush the Babka with this syrup generously or pour a little at a time all over the bread and let it cool..
8. Slice it and drizzle some chocolate sauce over it and serve warm. Notes : Always serve the bread warm. Don't skip the sugar syrup it keeps the bread soft and moist. Babka can be stored in the refrigerator wrapped in a foil up to 4 days. You can even make sweet French toasts using Babka. It tastes amazing. You can try different nuts and fruits as a filling..

The good news is that most of that time is inactive time, waiting for the dough to rise. This Chocolate Babka recipe has a rich chocolate filling and is always homey, warm, and comforting. A chocolate, vegan and gluten-free version of the traditional European bread. Traditionally speaking, babka is a spongy, brioche-like yeast cake made mainly in Eastern Europe. My version is not only vegan and gluten-free, but also light and chocolate-y.