Babas and Savarins

If you like the flavor of spirits, babas and savarins are the perfect way to make the most of hard spirits such as rum (the most traditional), whiskey, Cognac, kirsch, or other fruit brandies such as eau de vie de framboise (dry raspberry brandy). Technically, yeast cakes are breads, but babas and savarins, although they are unsweetened, are so cakelike in effect that they seem to belong in this chapter. Babas and savarins are French yeast breads made with the same light dough but