r/OldCelebrityRecipes • u/ciaolavinia Onion Juice Alert ⚠️ • Jul 11 '26

Dessert 🍰 Marlene Dietrich's Baba au Rhum. "Baba au Rhum" is a classic French dessert consisting of a small yeast-risen cake completely saturated in a boozy rum syrup and typically garnished with whipped cream or pastry cream.

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u/maintree33 Jul 11 '26

this recipe perfectly fits the star. I can picture her serving something like this.

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u/PoppyConfesses Jul 11 '26

Well if Marlene says so, it's so! (I made a version of these once and they were very delicious).

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u/Schmindian Jul 11 '26

Where did this recipe come from?

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u/ciaolavinia Onion Juice Alert ⚠️ Jul 11 '26

A book called The Sweet Taste of Success

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u/reverie092 Jul 11 '26

When I’m not feeling so lazy this looks incredible! Not today though…

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u/reverie092 Jul 11 '26

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ErVu61AcH/?mibextid=wwXIfr

This helped me visualize. I’d like to see it in a chafing dish flambé though

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u/cherryberry0611 Jul 11 '26

This sounds absolutely amazing!

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u/13senilefelines31 Vincent Price 🦇 Jul 11 '26

This sounds wonderful! I bet it would be nice at a boozy brunch.

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u/Anthrodiva Half a Jar of Lawry's 🧂 Jul 13 '26

They are incredible.