baba

ba·ba

or ba·ba au rhum B0001700 (bä′bä ō rŭm′)n. A leavened rum cake, usually made with raisins.

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[French baba, baba (from Polish, old woman, round Easter cake, from the cake's resemblance to a pleated skirt) + au, with the + rhum, rum.]

baba

(ˈbɑːbɑː; French baba) n (Cookery) a small cake of leavened dough, sometimes mixed with currants and usually soaked in rum (rum baba)[C19: from French, from Polish, literally: old woman]

ba•ba

(ˈbɑ bɑ, -bə)

n., pl. -bas. a small yeast cake often containing raisins, usu. served soaked in a rum syrup. [1820–30; < French < Polish: literally, old woman]

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baba - a small cake leavened with yeast cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fatbaba au rhum, rum baba - a baba soaked in rum