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 ...

Traditional Pound Cake is made with equal parts butter, sugar, eggs, and flour. Anything else is just a variation!

This is the best Salted Caramel Kentucky Butter Cake recipe! It's a moist sour cream pound cake infused with a rich, ...

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 ...

Enjoy your favorite holiday side in dessert form with our moist, sweet-spiced sweet potato pound cake with toasted ...

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 ...