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• pound cake — noun rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour • Hypernyms: ↑cake, ↑loaf * * * noun Etymology: so called from the original method of measuring the principal ingredients in pounds : a rich butter cake made with many eggs… …   Useful english dictionary

• Butter — 1. An Butter ist noch niemand erworgt. (Schles.) – Schles. Provinzialblätter, 1862, S. 570. 2. Bödther waart egh begen un Aan. (Nordfries.) Butter wird nicht gebacken im Backofen. 3. Botter makt nen sachten (milden, sanften) Sinn. – Körte, 792.… …   Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon

• Pound cake — denotes five related types of dessert cakes:outhern styleA traditional American pound cake would contain one pound each of flour, butter, eggs, and sugarFact|date=June 2008. This recipe is quite popular in Southern states and is usually a staple… …   Wikipedia

• pound cake — n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Because it was made of a pound of each of the things in it] a heavy cake made from flour, sugar, and butter …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pound cake — pound′ cake n. coo a rich cake made with flour, butter, sugar, and eggs, orig. in proportions of a pound each • Etymology: 1740–50 …   From formal English to slang

• pound cake — pound ,cake noun count a plain cake made with eggs and equal amounts of flour, sugar, and butter …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Butter cake — A butter cake is a cake in which one of the main ingredients is butter. These cakes are considered one of the quintessential cakes in American baking. They find their origins in the English pound cake, which traditionally used equal parts of… …   Wikipedia

• butter pat — noun : a piece of butter formed into a ball or other ornamental shape for table use or an individual square cut from a quarter pound stick of commercial butter * * * butter pat noun 1. A pat of butter 2. Each of a pair of wooden bats for working… …   Useful english dictionary

• pound cake — /ˈpaʊnd keɪk/ (say pownd kayk) noun a rich butter cake made with a large number of eggs. {so named because originally it was made with a pound (pound2 def. 2) of the principal ingredients of butter, sugar and flour} …  

• pound cake — noun Etymology: from the original recipe prescribing a pound of each of the principal ingredients Date: 1747 a rich butter cake made with a large proportion of eggs and shortening …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pound cake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour. [1740 50] * * * …   Universalium