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pound cake

n.

A rich, finely textured yellow cake containing eggs, flour, butter, and sugar.

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[From the original recipe, calling for a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.]

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pound cake

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(Cookery) a rich fruit cake originally made with a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour

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pound cake - rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat loaf - a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape; "meat loaf"; "sugar loaf"; "a loaf of cheese"