Rum baba and became a popular Neapolitan specialty under the name "babà" or "babbà". The pastry has appeared on restaurant menus in the United States since 1899, if not earlier. In 1844, the Julien Brothers, Parisian pâtissiers, invented the Savarin, which is strongly inspired by the "baba au rhum" but is soaked with a different alcoholic mixture and uses a circular (ring) cake mould instead of the simple round (cylindrical) form. The ring form is nowadays often associated with the "baba au rhum" as well, and the name "Savarin" is also sometimes given to the rum-soaked circular cake. Rum baba A rum
Don Papa Rum Don Papa Rum Don Papa Rum is an aged rum owned by Bleeding Heart Rum Company of the Philippines. Don Papa was founded by then Rémy Cointreau executive Stephen Carroll. During a trip to Bacolod, Carroll heard stories of the area having the finest sugar cane in the world. Until that time, rum from the country had been distilled in other areas of the Philippines. He founded the Bleeding Heart Rum Company to manufacture the rum in Negros which is considered the sugarcane capital of the country. Don Papa is named after Papa Isio, a leader of the Philippine Revolution