Brit Food: Pancakes -- Pound Cakes or Griddle Cakes?? EMWTK

[potioncat]

>Steve: 
> Eventually the 'Pan Cakes' came out, but instead of 6
> flap-jacks, Jay got 6 Pound Cakes. Pound cake is a 
> dense sweet cake similar to shortcake that is shaped
> like a small loaf of bread. 

Kathy (Potioncat)
????
Maybe in stores. Homemade poundcake is round, and not as dense as the 
one the picture appeared. (Using my aunt's homemade cake as my 
standard.)  ;-)

Which reminds me of the time our Irish cousin was visiting for the 
summer. She asked if we had any sponge and my Mom told her to look on 
the back porch. Puzzled, my cousin went to look, but returned fairly 
soon to explain that sponge was a type of cake. She wanted to make a 
trifle.

We went out and bought something...angel food or pound cake...and she 
made the trifle. That's a misnomer if ever I heard one and boy, was 
it good! 

Kathy