Rum baba Rum baba A rum baba or baba au rhum is a small yeast cake saturated in syrup made with hard liquor, usually rum, and sometimes filled with whipped cream or pastry cream. It is most typically made in individual servings (about a 5 cm tall, slightly tapered cylinder) but sometimes can be made in larger forms similar to those used for Bundt cakes. The batter for baba includes eggs, milk and butter. The original form of the baba was similar to the babka, a tall, cylindrical yeast cake (babka is still baked in Ukraine, Poland and in Ukrainian and Polish
Rum and Coke out, especially when the order is for just "rum and Coke". Some early recipes called for lime juice to be mixed in, though others included lime only as a garnish. Other early recipes called for additional ingredients such as gin and bitters. Some sources consider lime essential for a drink to be a true Cuba Libre, which they distinguish from a mere rum and Coke. However, lime is frequently included even in orders for "rum and Coke". When aged añejo rum is used, the drink is sometimes called a Cubata, a name also used informally in Spain for any Cuba