Pound Cake. This is a classic English muffin with butter flavor. The recipe originates from XVII century, You think he should weigh 1 pound, that is 450 g? In fact, the answer is not so obvious :-) To the classic recipe to make it, take equal proportions of a pound of flour, pound of eggs, pound of butter and pound of sugar. So it is also called A cupcake. And for decoration a little fragrant ingredients - rum, vanilla, zest - all will tell you that imagination and taste :-) nowadays the proportion is often reduced to 250 g, that is, each primary ingredient 250 g PS Me to this recipe pushed a funny story. My father in law, being in business trip in USA, tried the cake and was interested in the origin of the name. Fellow Diners found it difficult to explain and even tried to look for the roots in the corresponding verb - \'to pound, to beat\' :-) I'm sure the cooks after this recipe, so don't goof :-)