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pound cake

noun

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

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Origin of pound cake

First recorded in 1740–50

Words nearby pound cake

pounce, pouncet box, pound, poundage, poundal, pound cake, pound cost averaging, pounder, pound-foot, pound-force, pound key
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British Dictionary definitions for pound cake

pound cake

noun

a rich fruit cake originally made with a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour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