pound cake

noun

: a rich butter cake made with a large proportion of eggs and shortening

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Add-on desserts, including a sweet potato pie, pound cake loaf and a peach cobbler, go for $25-$40, while a quart of turkey gravy is $15. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Nov. 2025 In my personal opinion, Sara Lee pound cake’s best quality has to be its dependability. Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2025 If there's like 2000 of you in the tribe, that pound cake is gonna become a red velvet much quicker, right? Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2025 Its floral, caramel-like flavor is at the center of desserts like crème brûlée and pound cake. Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pound cake

Word History

Etymology

from the original recipe prescribing a pound of each of the principal ingredients

First Known Use

1743, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pound cake was in 1743

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“Pound cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pound%20cake. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.

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pound cake

noun
: a cake made with a large amount of butter and eggs

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