Bundt cake
die Babe, die Babes
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Bundt cake
Regional, especially in central eastern Germany: a ring cake, meaning a cake baked in a tall, round pan with a hole in the middle.
Zum Kaffee gab es eine frisch gebackene Babe mit Rosinen.
There was a freshly baked Bundt cake with raisins to go with the coffee.
| gender | feminine die |
|---|---|
| plural | die Babes |
| genitive | der Babe |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | die Babe | die Babes |
| accusative | die Babe | die Babes |
| dative | der Babe | den Babes |
| genitive | der Babe | der Babes |
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'Babe' is a regional term used especially in parts of central eastern Germany. Outside this region, the word may therefore be less familiar.
Meine Großmutter aus Thüringen backt zu Feiertagen gern eine Babe.
My grandmother from Thuringia likes to bake a Bundt cake for holidays.
'Babe' is often used with words from the baking context: 'eine Babe backen' (to bake a Bundt cake), 'eine Babe aus der Form lösen' (to remove a Bundt cake from the pan), or 'eine Babe zum Kaffee servieren' (to serve a Bundt cake with coffee).
Nachdem die Babe abgekühlt war, löste sie sie vorsichtig aus der Form.
After the Bundt cake had cooled, she carefully removed it from the pan.
'Babe' is mainly used in conversations about homemade cakes, family recipes, and regional cuisine. Signal words such as 'backen' (to bake), 'Teig' (dough), 'Form' (pan), or 'Kaffee' (coffee) indicate this context.
Für das Familienfest bereitete sie den Teig für eine Babe schon am frühen Morgen zu.
For the family celebration, she prepared the dough for a Bundt cake early in the morning.
