CULTURETECHLENSPound cake
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Combined Graph record U-01091 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0691. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Pound cake takes its name from the original formula of one pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour (England, 1700s; in print in America by 1796); it became popular in the South by the 1800s (Mary Randolph 1824; Abby Fisher 1881) and is now 'an iconic component of the Southern table.' Stored key ingredients (butter, sugar, eggs, flour) established exactly.
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Pound cake takes its name from the original formula of one pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour (England, 1700s; in print in America by 1796); it became popular in the South by the 1800s (Mary Randolph 1824; Abby Fisher 1881) and is now 'an iconic component of the Southern table.' Stored key ingredients (butter, sugar, eggs, flour) established exactly.
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- Work type: dish
- Category: desserts
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- https://www.mentalfloss.com/food/how-pound-cake-got-its-name (verification source · master store)
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Pound cake takes its name from the original formula of one pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour (England, 1700s; in print in America by 1796); it became popular in the South by the 1800s (Mary Randolph 1824; Abby Fisher 1881) and is now 'an iconic component of the Southern table.' Stored key ingredients (butter, sugar, eggs, flour) established exactly.
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