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Pound Cake is traditionally made with a pound of each of the 4 ingredients, eggs, butter, sugar and flour. As long as you keep the ratio of 1:1:1:1 you can adapt the quantities to suite the size of your pan. Flavorings and leavening agents such as baking powder or baking soda is added and in Britain a fruit cake is sometimes called a pound cake. Some prefer oil to butter which will have a more moist cake as a result. Others again use yogurt or cream cheese in stead of milk which will have a (...)