: a rich butter cake made with a large proportion of eggs and shortening
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Bake the batter in a 10-inch tube pan for about an hour, and drizzle the peach glaze over the cooled pound cake before serving.—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 12 June 2026 In one moment, video captures a deputy taking a second look at a lemon pound cake set out on the rapper’s kitchen counter.—Andrew Graham
may 28, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026 Garten layers a trifle bowl with pound cake, fresh raspberries, and orange cream.—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2026 This wonderfully rich and buttery cake is everything a pound cake should be: dense but also moist, with just a hint of bright, citrusy flavor.—Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pound cake
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Etymology
from the original recipe prescribing a pound of each of the principal ingredients