pound cake


noun
  1. a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.

Origin of pound cake

1
First recorded in1740–50

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How to use pound cake in a sentence

  • There was smothered chicken, light biscuit, fresh eggs, poundcake and tea.

    The Colonel's Dream | Charles W. Chesnutt

British Dictionary definitions for pound cake

pound cake

noun
  1. a rich fruit cake originally made with a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour

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