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The Origins And Legend Of The Mile High Pound Cake

The Mile High Pound Cake finds its roots in a rigorous culinary tradition: the original recipe for pound cakes, which took its name from an implacable mathematical formula. One pound of butter, one pound of sugar, one pound of eggs, one pound of flour. This 18th-century arithmetic simplicity guaranteed a predictable result at a time when precise measurements were a challenge.