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poundcake

poundcake is the alternative spelling of pound cake.

Meaning of pound cake

Noun

pound cake (countable and uncountable, plural pound cakes)

  1. (US) A dense yellow cake, the traditional recipe for which consists of equal quantities (nominally one pound) of butter, eggs, flour, and sugar.
    • But when I got to Anita Bryant′s pound cake, I stopped looking. Her recipe is my favorite so far. The cream isn′t quite authentic—real pound cakes are supposed to contain only butter, sugar, eggs and flour—but it does make the cake′s texture meltier.1993, Ann Hodgman, Beat This! Cookbook, published 1999, page 166
  2. (slang) A term of attraction or desire.
    • She's a cute little pound cake.
  3. (slang) A butt cheek.

Forms of poundcake

pluralpoundcakes

Origin of poundcake

From pound + cake.

Questions about poundcake

What is poundcake the alternative spelling of?
Poundcake is the alternative spelling of pound cake.

Words near poundcake in the dictionary

  1. poundages
  2. poundaging
  3. poundal
  4. poundals
  5. Poundbury
  6. poundcake
  7. poundcakes
  8. pounded
  9. pounded a beat
  10. pounded dirt
  11. pounded out

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