NEW YORK — Pound cake is so called because it is traditionally made with a pound each of flour, sugar, butter and eggs. Take, for instance, this mid-18th-century recipe: “Take a Pound of Butter, beat ...

A pound cake? What is that? The earliest record and recipe for pound cake was found in the 1700s English cookbook called “The Art of Cookery.” The first U.S. cookbook, “American Cookery,” also ...

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Traditional Pound Cake is made with equal parts butter, sugar, eggs, and flour. Anything else is just a variation! ✅Ingredients pound cake variations Vanilla Pound Cake: Add 2 teaspoons vanilla ...

Preheat oven to 325°F (163°C). Grease and flour your Bundt or loaf pan, or use baking spray. Cream the butter and sugar: In a large mixing bowl, beat the room-temperature butter and sugar together on ...

Food history buffs say pound cakes, as written recipes, date back to the early 1700s. The name "pound cake" simply described the recipe: a pound each of butter, sugar, eggs and flour. Such a cake ...

When mid-afternoon hunger strikes and we’re ready for tea time or a coffee break, we can’t resist a slice — or two — of cake. Whether it’s layer cakes, sponge cake, or pound cake, we’ve never had a ...

A pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of flour and a pound of eggs — that’s the easy-to-remember recipe for an 18th-century pound cake, large enough to feed a family for days. Most of us don’t ...