Why is a Pound Cake called a Pound cake?

Question

I'm Curious about the name.

Answer 1

Because it has a pound of each ingdredient in it. Go to this link, it will show you the history http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Cakes/PoundCake.htm

Answer 2

"Pound cake" is also the American English name for a type of fruitcake known in British English as a Madeira cake. Its name, "Pound cake", originated from the ingredients used in quantities of English pounds. This results in a large, dense cake not often suited to modern American tastes, though the style (if not the size) is still popular in Britain.

A traditional British Pound Cake recipe would specify one pound each of flour, butter, eggs (8 eggs), sugar, and several kinds of dried fruit (currants, sultanas, and raisins, with perhaps a lesser quantity of glacé cherries). (These quantities are too great for most modern families, but the cake can be made with half quantities or less.) It is usual to weigh the eggs first and then use the same weights of the other ingredients; with a traditional pair of kitchen scales, the eggs are simply used instead of weights.

Answer 3

Food historians generally agree that pound cake is a Northern European recipe named for the equal weight of its ingredients. You are so right. A pound of each ingredient.

Answer 4

bcz if you eat enough of it, that is what you will gain!! lol!! it probably has something to do with back in the olden days the pan they used to make it in measured one pound and so it is now called a pound cake.

Answer 5

b/c original recipes called for a pound of butter, a pound of sugar and a pound of flour

recipes have been changed and enhanced, but the name has stayed the same...

Answer 6

Because its a heavy cake

Answer 7

There's a pound of everything in it, and it's super dense. But it's really good with gooey warm cherry sauce.

Answer 8

There's a pound of each ingredient in it. That's why it's so dense and tasty!

Answer 9

because it is made of a pound of each
sugar
eggs
flour
butter

Answer 10

Originally the recipe called for 1lb flour, 1lb, sugar, and 1lb eggs