Pound cake denotes three related types of dessert cakes:

Here is a simple recipe for a lemon poppy seed pound cake

For 16 years, Russell Kearney awoke at 1:30 a.m. to hoist boxes of Wonder bread and Hostess cakes onto a truck and deliver them along a 120-mile route through eastern North Carolina. After a decade, lifting and pushing thousands of pounds of bread — sometimes as much 10 tons a day — ruptured a disk in his back, making it feel "like my spine was

This cake will melt in your mouth like no other! This is a great winter cake, and a great pick to bring to Christmas parties!

Celebrity polar bear Knut -- who won the hearts of millions around the globe as a roly-poly orphan cub -- celebrated his first birthday Wednesday with a cake made from 300 eggs and 20 pounds of marzipan.

Ingredients* 2 pounds gum drops cut into small pieces* 1 cup sugar* 1 cup butter* 2 eggs; well beaten* 1 1/2 cups sweetened applesauce* 1 teaspoon cinnamon* 1 teaspoon cloves* 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg* 1 pound white raisins* 1 1/2 cups nutmeats* 1 teaspoon soda dissolved in 1 teaspoon water* 1 teaspoon salt* 4 cups flour