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So which of these multiple meanings gave rise to ''“baba”'', the bundt cake? | So which of these multiple meanings gave rise to ''“baba”'', the bundt cake? Perhaps the cake resembled a [https://www.google.com/search?q=baby+kamienne&tbm=isch pagan stone idol,] which is also called ''“baba”'' in Polish? Or does the cake’s name come from its resemblance to a peasant woman’s long pleated skirt? Or maybe it comes from the fact that it’s always been old women who were most experienced in the tricky art of yeast-cake baking? | ||
[[File:Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Kłopoty wielkanocne.jpg|thumb|These ''baby'' (women) let a man into the kitchen and now their ''baba'' (cake) has flopped.]] | [[File:Michał Elwiro Andriolli, Kłopoty wielkanocne.jpg|thumb|These ''baby'' (women) let a man into the kitchen and now their ''baba'' (cake) has flopped.]] | ||