: a rich butter cake made with a large proportion of eggs and shortening
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Juneteenth Family Festival, vendors, food trucks, music, pound cake competition and community organizations.—Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025 Get The Recipe 03 of 10 Classic Chocolate Pound Cake
While lemon pound cake is made for just about any time of day, this rich and chocolatey version takes it one decadent step up.—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025 Dessert was a buttery pound cake and rich banana pudding.—Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025 Go classic with carrot or pound cake, or try something new with chocolate-peanut butter or strawberry lemonade.—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 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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