Baba Au Rhum Napoletano appears as a signature dish in 1 Italy cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Baba au Rhum · Naples
The Neapolitan baba is a tall, mushroom-shaped yeast cake soaked in dark rum syrup until sodden and trembling, served cool with whipped cream or pastry cream alongside, the rum-to-cake ratio a point of civic pride.
The baba reached Naples in the 18th century via the French court (itself imported from Poland by King Stanislaw Leszczynski); Neapolitan pastry makers adopted it and over two centuries made it their own, increasing the rum soaking and shrinking the size until today's individual baba napoletano bears little resemblance to the original.
Where to eat in Naples:
- Scaturchio
- Gran Caffe Gambrinus
- Pasticceria Moccia