cake from the art of cooking

ingredients:
125 g flour
2 eggs
5 cl semi-skimmed milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
50g butter
1 teaspoon sugar
1 pinch of salt 
For the syrup:
½ liter of water
250g caster sugar
method:

In a bowl, combine flour, whole eggs and a little warm milk with yeast. Let stand 40 minutes at room heat. Add the softened butter, sugar and a pinch of salt.
Butter the mold baba (if not silicone). Pour the dough should fill ¾ only. Bake in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes. Turn out the baba from the oven and place it back in the pan while warm during the preparation of syrup.
Syrup: Boil water and sugar for 2 minutes. Pour immediately on the hot baba, still in its mold. When Baba is fully soaked, the mold and place on a serving dish
http://www.plurielles.fr/recettes-cuisine/desserts/un-dessert-parfait-le-baba-au-rhum-6290060-402.html