A pound of sugar, a pound of eggs, a pound of butter, and a pound of flour = a pound cake! Or at least that’s what the
original recipe claimed. Classic pound cake has changed a bit over the years (thank God!) but we’ll get into all that in
a bit. Pound cake consists of very basic ingredients that are pantry staples. Before preparing a pound cake recipe you want to
make sure that all of your ingredients are at room temperature. For the best pound cakes use the best of the best if you
can! There is nothing like a from-scratch pound cake made with farm-fresh eggs, high-quality vanilla extract, and
homemade butter from the farmer’s market.
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