pound cake

noun

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

Origin of pound cake

First recorded in 1740–50

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Historical Examples of poundcake

There was smothered chicken, light biscuit, fresh eggs, poundcake and tea.
The Colonel's Dream
Charles W. Chesnutt

British Dictionary definitions for poundcake

pound cake

noun

a rich fruit cake originally made with a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour

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