Jeffrey Cagnes' baba au rhum
Baba according to the original recipe by pastry chef Jeffrey Cagnes from patisserie Stohrer, the oldest patisserie in Paris.Ingredients
200gAll-purpose flour
100gPastry flour
5gSalt
10gBrown sugar
15gBaker's yeast
3Whole eggs
80gButter
12units.centiliterWater
130gBrown sugar
20units.centiliterWater
4units.centiliterdark rum 54%
Preparation
- Put the flour in the bowl of a stand mixer.
- Add the sugar and salt.
- Mix for a few seconds on low speed, then add the eggs.
- Dissolve the baker's yeast in 12 cl of water and add to the bowl as well.
- Knead the dough at full speed for 10 minutes until it is firm and comes away from the sides of the bowl. 
- Bring the water and the caster sugar to a boil.
- Once the sugar has completely dissolved, add the rum.
- Soak the babas for 15 minutes in the hot syrup.
- Turn the babas over and soak the other side for another 15 minutes in the syrup.
- Sprinkle the babas with an extra dash of rum.



