The pound cake is a type of cake made with four main ingredients, butter, eggs, flour, and sugar. The traditional pound cake will be much larger than most families consume, but the recipe can be changed to match the amount. The ratio of ingredients that go into a cake is extremely important. If you use the same ratio as a traditional pound cake recipe, you'll get a pound cake — and not something else. Cakes that are made with 1:1:1:1 butter, eggs, flour, and sugar are called pound cakes. On National Pound Cake Day, you can celebrate the joys of this treat with your family and friends. A pound cake was once a popular item in the U.S. because it could be made with simple ingredients that most people had on hand. The sour cream pound cake was especially popular because of the sour cream, which kept it moist.

National Pound Cake Day is celebrated on March 4!

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