twelve-ounce pound cake

Discuss this oxymoron in the comments below.

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Randomgirl says:

July 1, 2010 at 8:20 pm

well, first of all. pound cake is called pound of cake cuz there is a pound of butter, its not the whole cake.but then if theres a whole pound of butter, it would weigh more than 12 oz.
Randomgirl says:

July 2, 2010 at 1:20 am

well, first of all. pound cake is called pound of cake cuz there is a pound of butter, its not the whole cake.but then if theres a whole pound of butter, it would weigh more than 12 oz.
Froggeroon says:

January 25, 2011 at 1:20 am

Perhaps its a cake of precious metal (troy not avoir dupois?!)

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