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Definition of Poundcake
1. n. A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.
Definition of Poundcake
1. Noun. (alternative form of pound cake) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poundcake
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poundcake
Literary usage of Poundcake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Masterpieces by Isidore Singer, William Guild Howard (1914)
"In those days we would also sit in the hall and over there the fire would burn
and the poundcake would stand on the table exactly as today. ..."
2. Mackenzie's Ten Thousand Receipts: In All the Useful and Domestic Arts by Colin MacKenzie (1867)
"A Plain poundcake» Beat 1 pound of butter and 1 pound of sugar in an earthen pan
until ... Gingerbread poundcake. Six eggs, 1 pin t molasses, 4 pound sugar, ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1890)
"Poor Ann Lizy tried her best not to look at the bead bag, while the parson's wife
ate poundcake, sipped the elderberry wine, and conversed in her sweet, ..."
4. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"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; ..."
5. The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies by John Charles Frémont (1888)
"... some one gave the name of poundcake, which it has been permitted to retain,
as our hungry people se°nied to think it a very agreeable comparison. ..."
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