bab·ka

[bahb-kuh]
noun
a sweet, spongy yeast cake with raisins, traditionally made in the form of a high cylinder, either solid or with a hole, often glazed, and sometimes flavored with rum.

Origin:
< Polish, diminutive of baba baba

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babka

noun
a coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds 
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Babka is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
The first time papa brought a babka, it was gone in a flash.
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