Pound Cake Definition

noun
A rich, finely textured yellow cake containing eggs, flour, butter, and sugar.
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Other Word Forms of Pound Cake

Noun

Singular:
pound cake
Plural:
pound-cakes

Origin of Pound Cake

  • From the original recipe, calling for a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From pound (“unit of mass") + cake.

    From Wiktionary

Pound Cake Sentence Examples

  • For winter weddings try chocolate, white chocolate, mocha, red velvet, or a rich butter pound cake.

  • Use a paper snowflake to decorate an unfrosted bundt or pound cake.

  • Or, if you are outside of the home, simply pass on Aunt Millie's pound cake offering.

  • You can make it as simple as pound cake layered with berries and whipped cream, or as complex as a dark chocolate pudding served with big marshmallows, small cookies and strawberries for a cold take on chocolate fondue.

  • Couples can feed each other chocolate-dipped strawberries and bits of pound cake.

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