Congratulations to our winners!!!
First prize goes to Adam Matlock of New Haven, CT.
Second prize goes to Rosa Evangelina of San Marino, CA.
The #BostonAward goes Adah Rebecca and Lysander Jaffe. The Rising (get it?) Star Award goes to 3-year old Renée Emanuel of Newton, MA. Last but not least, we just had to give a shout out to Jerry and Johanna of Hingham, MA for ignoring the rules completely and writing their own lyrics to the tune of “Bulbes”/”Nothing”. Thanks for making us laugh!
Sing about babka. Win babka! (Eat babka…)
Thousands of people around the world have already watched the music video for BABKA!, the new hit single from Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band’s Khanike Chanukah Hannukah Janucá Party.
Now it’s your turn to join in the fun!
Record yourself singing along to the backing track (babka-baking: optional) and post to Facebook @Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band and #BabkaChallenge. Our panel of expert judges will pick three winners to receive babka from some of the finest bakers in the land.
Video submissions are due to Facebook by sundown on Friday, March 12. (Yes, that’s sundown wherever you are. We won’t look at the submissions until the next day.)
Key dates
Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Competition opens.
Friday, March 12, 2021. Submissions due by sundown.
Thursday, March 18, 2021. Winners announced. Babka in the mail (with plenty of time to eat it before passover!)
Prizes
Grand prize!
3 X Chocolate Babka from Kenny & Ziggy’s
Runner up!
2 X Chocolate Raisin Babka from Zingerman’s
The Boston Prize! (a sweet special opportunity for contestants in the Greater Boston Area only)
2 X Chocolate Babka from Rosenfeld’s.
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About Kenny & Ziggy’s Chocolate Babka
A delicious yeasted dough cake with a sweet chocolate filling marbled throughout, this is a deli classic done right.
Kenny & Ziggy’s is not only the top Jewish deli in Texas, but also one of the best delis in America. In the early 1900s, Max Gruber (Ziggy’s grandfather) left Budapest, Hungary, on a bicycle. He pedaled his way across Europe to the Atlantic coast and eventually sailed for the United States, ending up on New York’s Lower East Side. In 1927, he and his brothers-in-law Morris and Izzy Rappaport opened the first Jewish deli on Broadway! Two generations later, Houston businessman Lenny Friedman convinced third-generation deli man Ziggy Gruber that Houston needed an authentic Jewish deli of its own (Ziggy ran successful delis in New York and Los Angeles). The rest is delicious history.
Ships anywhere in the United States.
https://www.kennyandziggys.com/
About Zingerman’s Chocolate Raisin Babka
The master bakers at Zingerman’s Bakehouse have given babka a flavor update worthy of the new millennium. Rich with butter, swirling with chocolate and cinnamon, and studded with golden sultana raisins, our modern babka bursts with chocolatey sweetness. If you have memories of dry, lifeless babka from your childhood, forget ‘em.
“Bar none, Zingerman’s Bakehouse makes the BEST babka I have ever eaten!! It was incredible.”
Susana Trilling, author of the cookbook Seasons of My Heart
“In Ann Arbor, Michigan, the beloved deli and bakehouse Zingerman’s makes an updated take on classic babka. The layers consist of chocolate ganache, ground up chocolate brownie crumbs, and rum-soaked raisins, and the loaves are crowned with a crunchy, cinnamon-sugar crumb.”
Leah Koenig, Tablet Magazine
Ships anywhere in the United States.
About Rosenfeld’s Chocolate Babka
A super sweet special prize for contestants in the Greater Boston Area, this is hands-down the best chocolate babka in the Boston area. (Take it from us, we’ve tried a few.) Incidentally, they also make the best challah around, bar none.
Located in Newton Centre, our sponsor, Rosenfeld’s Bagels, offers bagels, challah, hand-mixed cream cheese, rolls, pastries and more. Visit their website for more information.
http://www.rosenfeldsbagels.com
*Rosenfeld’s is kosher certified and this babka is pareve
RECAP!
Step 1 – Download the sheet music and backing track for BABKA! at the top of this page.
Step 2 – Record yourself singing along. You can use our video or record yourself baking for extra babka points. (But no, we won’t consider the video in the judging, just your singing!)
Step 3 – Post your recording to Facebook and tag @Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band. Use the hashtag #BabkaChallenge so we can easily search the posts.
Step 4 – Devour your delicious winnings, and maybe post about it on social media, since that’s where we’re all living these days.
Love,
The Wheels
© 2019 Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band ewklezmer@gmail.com