When pound cake became a thing in the mid 1700s, the recipe was as simple and dense as the name implies: one pound each of butter, eggs, sugar, and flour. Butter is the key ingredient for good pound ...

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 ...

This is a decadent pound cake recipe with a wonderful pecan flavor thanks to the ground toasted pecans mixed in the batter.

Think of pound cake as the original no-recipe recipe. It takes its name from the weight of its four crucial ingredients—flour, sugar, butter, and eggs. Traditionally, the cake was made from one pound ...

Have you ever wondered what sets pound cake apart from any other? The answer actually lies within the name itself. The original recipe was made using one pound of each of the primary ingredients — ...

In Saving Southern Recipes, Southern Kitchen’s Kate Williams explores the deep heritage of Southern cooking through the lens of passed-down, old family recipes. I can't even keep track of the number ...