One time on Usenet, "Edwin Pawlowski" <esp@snet.net> said:
> "Little Malice" <Little.Malice@gmail.communge> wrote in message

> > Yeah -- what the heck *is* a babka anyway?

> Oh, you poor girl. If you've never had a babka, you've missed one of the
> best Polish treats you can have. My grandmother, of course, made the best,
> but there are other good ones around.
>
> It is a yeast cake made with a lot of egg yolks (maybe a dozen) and often
> filled with cheese or a prune filling. If there is a topping at all, it is
> usually a crumb topping.

It sounds lovely. Yes, I'm deprived! I started thinking that Seattle
might be the place to look, so I googled. According to "The Stranger",
there's a shop called Leah's that has, amoung other things, a nice
chocolate babka:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=9920


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Jani in WA