: a rich butter cake made with a large proportion of eggs and shortening
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Dessert is also not to be missed, especially mama’s specialty, the lemon pound cake.—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 Active Time: 35 mins Total Time: 3 hrs 50 mins
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8
This pound cake bakes up with a velvety crumb bejeweled with bits of strawberry throughout.—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 May 2025 Be the first to rate & review! Fruity flavors of strawberry and lemon brighten up a classic pound cake.—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 May 2025 Juneteenth Family Festival, vendors, food trucks, music, pound cake competition and community organizations.—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pound cake
Word History
Etymology
from the original recipe prescribing a pound of each of the principal ingredients
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