pound cake

noun

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

Examples of pound cake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Afroman then released a song about the raid, with a music video including footage of the officers tearing apart his home and inspecting a lemon pound cake that was in his kitchen. —Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026

On today’s episode: The US ain’t doing too hot in attracting European tech workers; OpenAI takes its video generator Sora behind the barn; and a rapper, pound cake, and the police. —Darian Woods, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026

Thin-skinned police, rap videos and pound cake aside, this ridiculous saga is also seriously inspiring. March 23, 2026 at 7:15 a.m. EDT Greg Lukianoff is the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. —Greg Lukianoff, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2026

In February, Nathalia Assaad puttered to her living room with pound cake. —Christopher Spata, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026

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

Rhymes for pound cake

• awake
• backache
• beefsteak
• betake
• cheesecake
• cupcake
• daybreak
• earthquake
• eastlake
• forsake
• handshake
• headache

Kids Definition

pound cake

noun

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