Pound Cake?

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Hmmmmm! In that case should it not have been called Four Pound Cake?

I've always known it as a four-quarters cake, so yes, it should.

Richard

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
I've always known it as a four-quarters cake, so yes, it should.

Richard

Dollar Cake? Where are you from?

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Dollar Cake? Where are you from?

No, silly, Guilder cake. I'm from the Netherlands, not from Czechia.

Richard

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
It is called a pound cake because the old original recipies used one pound of flour, one pound of butter, one pound of eggs and one pound of sugar. This was when most people couldn't read, so it was a simple recipe.

How many eggs is in a pound of eggs? Large eggs? X-Large? Chicken eggs? Quail? Fish?

Originally posted by CLL53
How many eggs is in a pound of eggs? Large eggs? X-Large? Chicken eggs? Quail? Fish?

http://www.food.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=41588&sid=97acea1b4e0262b3096564466d2e9cd9

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
http://www.food.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=41588&sid=97acea1b4e0262b3096564466d2e9cd9

interesting...
Although it probably requires fewer eggs if they came from emus or ostrichs

Originally posted by CLL53
How many eggs is in a pound of eggs? Large eggs? X-Large? Chicken eggs? Quail? Fish?

16 ounces worth

Originally posted by shortcircuit
16 ounces worth

liquid or dry weight?

For an emu egg, that may be one egg.

Originally posted by CLL53
liquid or dry weight?

For an emu egg, that may be one egg.

If you used sane measurements, that wouldn't be a problem. 500g of egg, 500g of butter, 500g of flour, 500g of sugar. Grammes are the same for dry and liquid goods, unlike gills or hundredweights. And there's no Troy or apothecary grammes, either.

Mind you, whatever weight system you use to get rid of an emu is a good one. Nasty, vicious blighters.

Richard