rum baba

rum baba (countable and uncountable, plural rum babas)

1. Synonym of baba au rhum.
   • 1977 December 14, Mimi Sheraton, “For New Bakeries, the Sweet Smell of Success”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 August 2025:

     Rum baba, an oozy, syrupy‐sweet standard that has always seemed soggy and insipid to me, still does.

• “rum baba, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• “baba au rhum, rum baba”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.

• Rambabu, murabba