Chocolate Babka Bread

This weekend, I decided to  bake a sweet bread to serve as dessert for our father's day family gathering.  I ho and hummed for a few days over what to bake and finally decided on Reinhart's Chocolate Cinnamon Babka bread from ABED.  What's not to love about sweet dough, chocolate, and cinnamon, right?  Then I thought, "Wouldn't chocolate, cinnamon, AND hazelnuts be even more to love?"  So, that's what I did...  After rolling out the dough, I spread a thin layer of Nutella, sprinkled with the chocolate cinnamon paste, and then sprinkled again with chopped hazelnuts. The results was fabulous, although I felt that it may have been slightly overbaked. The crust was crunchy and hard,  but still tasty...  It actually tasted like a cookie!

Since we were expecting about 30+ people, I figured one loaf of Babka bread would not be enough and not everyone is a chocolate lover, so I decided to make use of summer berries and made a white chocolate fruit tart.

At the end of the evening, I think everyone was satisfied with dessert. There was something for everyone. My brother was a HUGE fan of the babka and managed to eat nearly half the loaf himself.