Babbà al rhum
Babbà al rhum or Rum baba is a rich small cake, tall and a bit narrowed at one side, soaked in liquor (rum, as a rule), sometimes filled with whipped cream or custard. This is the classical version, the very one that is usually called a traditional Neapolitan dessert. Its recipe without the context turns into ordinary "ingredients and method of preparation", whereas the most important events occur in another level – where the dish becomes a part of culture and therefore a carrier of the respective system of meanings; acquiring these meanings and undergoing changes it runs through its “cultural biography”. Social anthropology as it is (do not be angry with the particular cultural term).
Designed by Polk