My sister, whose experience with babka began with her love of the television show Seinfeld, has jokingly poo-pooed my other babkas, such as this raisin walnut babka, because they weren't chocolate or cinnamon. This Babka with Chocolate and Hazelnut (babka z czekoladą i orzechami laskowymi) was my effort to appease her. What is babka? Babka comes from the Polish word babcia which means grandmother. They are often baked in bundt pans which are said to resemble an old woman's skirts. There ...
