Editing Pound cake (section)

==History==
The earliest recipe for pound cake is found in the English  cook book  ''[[The Art of Cookery]]'' by Hannah Glasse, published in 1747.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Art of Cookery, made Plain and Easy|last=Glasse|first=Hannah|year=1747|page=272}}</ref> The first U.S. cookbook, ''[[American Cookery]]'', published in 1796, has a recipe for pound cake.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Stories and Recipes Behind more than 125 of our Best-loved Cakes|last=Byrn|first=Anne|publisher=Rodale|year=2016|isbn=9781623365431|pages=21|oclc=934884678}}</ref>

Over time, the ingredients for pound cake changed. [[Eliza Leslie]], who wrote the 1851 edition of ''Direction for Cookery'', used 10 eggs, beat them as lightly as possible, mixed them with a pound of flour, then added the juice of two lemons or three large oranges. This changed the flavor and texture of the cake. In the 2008 issue of ''Saveur'', James Villas wrote that cake flour would not work in place of all-purpose flour because it lacks the strength to support the heavy batter.

In some recipes from 19th century cookbooks, fruit was also added to the cake.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Family_Hand_book/ZarOpAsUZL4C |title=The Family Hand-book: Or Practical Information in Domestic Economy ; Including Cookery, Household Management, and All Other Subjects Connected with the Health, Comfort, and Expenditure of a Family : with a Collection of Choice Receipts and Valuable Hints |date=1838 |publisher=John W. Parker |language=en}}</ref>

An early variation on this cake replaced some of the flour with [[cornmeal]] made from dried corn ([[maize]]), which was then called ''Indian meal''.<ref name=":0" /> A recipe for '''Indian pound cake''' was first published in 1828 by Eliza Leslie and later included in ''The Indian Meal Book'',<ref>{{cite web |title= The Indian meal book : comprising the best American receipts for the various preparations of that excellent article |url= https://archive.org/details/b21526618 |website= archive.org|year= 1846 }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2021}} which was published in London in 1846, when people in Ireland were looking for alternatives to expensive [[wheat flour]].<ref name=":0" />