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Pound Cake: Baking 101 - Uncle Gary's Poundcake |
 | | 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. |
 | | American pound cakes are lighter, but often contain an abundance of butter, to provide a rich taste, and are extremely popular in the Southeastern United States. |
 | | 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). |
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