Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rich, finely textured yellow cake containing eggs, flour, butter, and sugar.
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- noun US A
dense yellow cake , the traditionalrecipe for wich consists of equal quantities (nominally onepound ) ofbutter ,eggs ,flour , andsugar .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the original recipe, calling for a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.]
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From pound ("unit of mass") + cake.
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sionnach commented on the word pound cake
454 graham crackers
November 7, 2007