Chocolate Cinnamon Babka

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It took me three times to make this before I felt like I got it almost right. It is really easy to over-bake so this time I baked it for the minimum time suggested- and then maybe a few minutes less would have been good. I baked it in a bundt pan and the bottom (when you invert it) got really dark so I had to put aluminum foil on it. If I hadn't noticed this 15 minutes in, the whole thing would have been ruined.

I haven't been able to get the streusel topping right. The first time I made this I used a loaf pan but the dough rose so much that there was little room for the topping. The second time I made this I used a bundt pan. However, that meant that the topping was placed on the dough after the rise and the topping ended up on the bottom of the cake. This time I put the streusel in the bundt pan first, added the dough and baked it. It tasted really good but you couldn't see the topping- it baked into a hard covering on the top of the cake.

This babka tasted really good and I finally got the swirl right. I am not sure why mine hadn't twisted properly the other times. I thought this one looked great and tasted good too! Finally.

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