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savarin

savarin

1 9.9
A soft cake baked in a ring, soaked in sweet syrup and often filled with cream or fruit
  • noun
  • /səˈværɪn/
: savarin
  • The chef impressed his guests with a beautifully decorated savarin topped with fresh fruit.
  • Brillat-Savarin

Examples

  • Families supplied housing for new migrants, and people could rely on family members or compadres for food or even money" (Weber 60). #3 We have chosen to cite Brillat-Savarin's original French text.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Consciously or not, Ina's reflection puts a new, though morbid, spin on Brillat-Savarin's synecdochical aphorism.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Here is a perfect Savarin.

    Fashions of 1934 (1934)

  • "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are," declared the French gourmet Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, not the first or last to demand a full accounting of a stranger's diet.

    Academic text (2000)

  • After soaking in orange syrup, the savarin became incredibly moist and flavorful.

  • For dessert, we enjoyed a savarin filled with whipped cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce.

Synonyms

sponge cake
vssavarin
10 1.8

A light, airy cake that uses eggs, flour and sugar without butter or oil

is a specific ring-shaped version soaked in syrup and sometimes filled

Surface Forms

savarin singular
savarins plural

Etymology

Savarin is named after the French food writer Brillat-Savarin, and pastry chefs gave his name to a round sponge cake that is soaked in syrup. So, thinking of savarin as 'Brillat-Savarin's cake' helps you remember it is a sweet, ring-shaped dessert often filled or topped with cream or fruit.