单词 | pound cake |
释义 | pound cake From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Food, dishpound cakeˈpound cake noun [countable]DFFa heavy cake made from flour, sugar, and butterExamples from the Corpuspound cake• She made potato salad and deviled eggs and tea and I brought green beans and a pound cake.• She had been in the midst of baking a pound cake and it had come out too heavy.• I got a pound cake from Patience mailed in September.• He puts butter on already buttery things like croissants and pound cake.• His plate held the last few crumbs of a generous slice of pound cake.• After ripening, use as a topping for pudding, pound cake or ice cream.Origin pound cake (1700-1800) Because it was made of a pound of each of the things in it |
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