Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rich sweet cake, so named because its principal ingredients are measured by the pound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
pound cake .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour
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Examples
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Mark being Mark, he immediately thinks (hopes) that "poundcake" is code for something dirty.
From Inside the Box Lisa Todorovich 2010
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I love Bakewise, and the idea of this poundcake is stellar.
Laura's Orange Scented Take on Shirley's Even Greater American Pound Cake Laura 2009
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I bought some dried lavender over the weekend for baking into a poundcake, which is something I'd never tried before.
On Eating Flowers: Walnut Cake with Roses Lindy 2006
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I will bake him a lemon poundcake and take it to him and his wife they're parents of my daughter's friend and thank him.
Miss Manners: Snow-blower's good deed will not go unpunished 2011
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Her early books focused mostly on chocolate; in her 1994 "Chocolate and the Art of Low-Fat Desserts," she developed lower-calorie recipes for indulgent-tasting chocolate mousse, poundcake and cheesecake.
It's All About Hitting the Sweet Spot Katy McLaughlin 2011
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Can't wait to see about your whipped cream poundcake later, but as for now, that chocolate peppermint chocolate chip bundt cake sounds out of this world good.
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I must say ... it did need butter, it reminded me of Sara Lee frozen poundcake - if thats what you like, then this recipe is for you.
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You'll also pay less than you would in Manhattan for treats such as caff latte and lemon poundcake.
Price-Point Politics 2010
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Because the shop's hours start early, morning commuters can pick up doughnuts, individual coffeecakes, poundcake slices, biscotti, brownies and sugar cookies.
Who said cupcake? 2010
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First, he ate a plate of sandwiches; then he ate a handsomely iced poundcake; then he gobbled a dish of chicken salad, after which he ate a roast pig; after that a quantity of blancmage; then he threw in several glasses of punch to fortify his appetite, and finished his monstrous repast with a roast turkey.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
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