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March 4 is National Poundcake Day

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Yes, it’s National Poundcake Day but, did you ever think about why they call it pound cake?  Old recipes use a pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour then mix and bake. It would keep for a week and was considered to many their “daily bread.” Now a-days you would add a tablespoon of vanilla extract and baking soda then bake at 375 until you done. It’s just that simple.

Here are today’s five thing to know about Poundcake:

  1. The Pound Cake is a British creation that dates back to the early 1700s.
  2. Pound cakes are generally baked in either a loaf pan or a Bundt mold, and served either dusted with powdered sugar, lightly glazed, or sometimes with a coat of icing.
  3. In Britain pound cake  is more commonly known as ‘Sponge cake’ or ‘Madeira cake’.
  4. The German Eischwerkuchen is a recipe very similar to the pound cake.
  5. In France pound cake (named “quatre-quarts”, which means four-quarters) is a traditional and popular cake of the French region of Brittany, and as its name implies, uses the same quantity of the four ingredients, but with no added fruit of any kind.

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Today’s Food History

  • 1634 Samuel Cole supposedly opened the first tavern in the U.S., in Boston.
  • 1792 Samuel Slocum was born. He invented a machine to make pins with solid heads and a machine for sticking the pins in a paper holder for sale.
  • 1792 Oranges were said to have been introduced to Hawaii.
  • 1927 RIP Ira Remsen  An American chemist, co-discoverer (with Constantine Fahlberg) of saccharin, the artificial sweetener. (The FDA has required warning labels, since 1972, on products using saccharin because it is a suspected carcinogen).

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National Pound Cake Day

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March 4

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National Pound Cake Day

Five things you should know about

Pound Cake

  1. Old recipes use a pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour then mix and bake.
  2. It would keep for a week and was considered to many their “daily bread.”
  3. Now a-days you would add a tablespoon of vanilla extract and baking soda then bake at 375 until you done.
  4. Pound cakes are generally baked in either a loaf pan or a Bundt mold.
  5. They are usually either dusted with powdered sugar, lightly glazed, or sometimes with a coat of icing.

On This Day in Food History…

1634 Samuel Cole supposedly opened the first tavern in the U.S., in Boston.
1792 Samuel Slocum was born. He invented a machine to make pins with solid heads and a machine for sticking the pins in a paper holder for sale.
1792 Oranges were said to have been introduced to Hawaii.
1927 RIP Ira Remsen An American chemist, co-discoverer (with Constantine Fahlberg) of saccharin, the artificial sweetener. (The FDA has required warning labels, since 1972, on products using saccharin because it is a suspected carcinogen).

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March 4 – National Poundcake Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

Yes, it’s National Poundcake Day but, did you ever think about why they call it pound cake?  Old recipes use a pound each of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour then mix and bake. It would keep for a week and was considered to many their “daily bread.” Now a-days you would add a tablespoon of vanilla extract and baking soda then bake at 375 until you done. It’s just that simple. National Poundcake Day Today’s Food History on this day in… 1634 Samuel Cole supposedly opened the first tavern in the U.S., in Boston. 1792 Samuel Slocum was born. He invented a machine to make pins with solid heads and a machine for sticking the pins in a paper holder for sale. 1792 Oranges were…

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Pound Cake

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Pound cake refers to a type of cake traditionally made with a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. However, the quantity is often changed to suit the size of the cake that is desired. As long as the ratio is preserved, the resulting cake will generally be very similar to that using the traditional quantities. Hence, any cake made with a 1:1:1:1 ratio of flour, butter, eggs, and sugar is also called a pound cake, even if the quantity used is smaller or larger than a pound. There are numerous variations on the traditional pound cake, with certain countries and regions having distinctive styles. These can include the addition of flavoring agents (such as vanilla extract or almond extract)…

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National Pound Cake Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

National Pound Cake Day March 4 A staple at most Southern picnics and parties, the traditional pound cake calls for a pound of sugar, flour, eggs and butter. I am a huge fan of pound cake and always will be.  I like to think it is called such because you gain a pound with every slice! Add some whipped cream and strawberries to mine if you please and I will be in heaven. There are many flavors of pound cake such as lemon and chocolate.  How do you like yours?

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