It’s National Pound Cake Day! A day
to celebrate a cake with a misleading name, because I’m pretty sure you can
gain more than a pound eating that stuff!
Pound cake is a “type of cake traditionally made with a pound of each of four
ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar.” These cakes can come in different
sizes, but is still considered to be a “pound cake” as long as the ratio of
1:1:1:1 is still in play. They are typically coated in sugar, glazing, or
icing. Pound cakes can vary around the world, even though they basically are
the same – a cultural flair if you will! The American version, is the
traditional one, the British use caster sugar instead of white sugar, Columbians soak the pound cake in wine
mixed with either cream or sugar, the French add
chocolate or lemon to the mix, Germany bases their ration on the amount of egg
in the recipe, and Mexicans had a little walnut or raisin action! So there you
have it! No matter what culture you are apart of may you enjoy some pound cake
today! Perhaps even branch out and try one of the variations!
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