# Diet Babka

This diet babka recipe offers all the deliciousness of the original but makes half the amount, resulting in half the calories.

- Cuisine: Other
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.33 cup water, room temperature
- 6 tablespoons butter or vegan butter, melted
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1.5 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1.75 cup bread flour
- 0.75 teaspoon table salt
- 2 teaspoons instant yeast (not rapid or quick rise)
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 large egg yolk
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 0.25 cup cocoa powder
- 0.5 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch table salt or to taste
- 0.25 cup all purpose flour
- 0.25 cup light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons butter or vegan butter, slightly softened
- 1 pinch coarse sea salt

## Instructions

1. For the Chocolate Pudding Filling, mix all ingredients together until smooth and creamy.
2. For the Streusel Topping, place all ingredients in a small bowl and mix them together with a fork, pastry cutter, or your fingers until combined and crumbly.
3. Place the streusel topping on the babka after the second rise, after egg washing, before baking as usual.

## Equipment

- fork
- pastry cutter
- small bowl

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1594541711564292?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/108951a2-5f7d-4e1c-b4cd-254144a55b33
- Extracted: 2026-01-14

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