baba au rhum
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- noun
- /ˈbɑːbə əʊ rʌm/
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baba al ron
- After the meal, we enjoyed a slice of baba au rhum, a delightful rum-soaked cake.
Examples
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The restaurant was famous for its baba au rhum, which was soaked in rich rum syrup.
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Rum baba (also "baba au rhum" in French) is a small yeast cake saturated in rum and sometimes filled with whipped cream.
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For dessert, I ordered a delicious baba au rhum topped with fresh whipped cream.
Synonyms
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A sweet yeast cake from Eastern Europe often flavored with orange and raisins
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A small, light cake made with yeast and often soaked in rum
A small rich cake made with yeast and soaked in rum syrup
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Morphology
baba + au + rhum
This is a borrowed French descriptive phrase literally meaning 'baba with rum' — 'baba' (a yeasted cake) + 'au' (with/in) + 'rhum' (rum). The meaning (a cake soaked in rum or rum syrup) follows directly from the constituents and their combinatory relation, so a learner who knows the parts would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Baba au rhum may come from an old Polish cake called babka. One popular story says a baker in France began to soak the small yeast cake in rhum (rum), so the name means 'baba with rum' and explains why the dessert is wet and tastes of rum.