why is pound cake called pound cake anyway, that folk etymology of "you use a pound of flour and a pound of butter and a pound of sugar" sounds kinda fake, is it real?
...in case you haven't noticed i've been distracting myself from the world being a mess with looking at recipes for various confections
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@Felthry I mean anything with that much butter and sugar will taste good
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@noiob yeah it's just that what has me wondering is that using a pound each would result in a four-pound cake (once you include the eggs too, which you also supposedly use a pound of) and that feels like a lot of cake
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@Felthry I don't know what a pound ist lmao
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@noiob 453.5924g cake
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@Felthry thanks
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@Felthry funny enough the German "Pfund" is 500g
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@noiob It's certainly close enough, and i don't believe you use any imperial units other than that over there, right?
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@Felthry all metric baybee
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@noiob metric is superior to imperial or us customary units in every way but one: if you need a third of a foot that's four inches, but if you need a third of a meter that's 33.3333cm
this also works for weights, but only when measuring precious metals (because of *course* it had to be weirdly specific); one third of a troy pound is 4 troy ounces, but one third of a regular (avoirdupois) pound is 5⅓ regular ounces
a troy pound is a fair bit less than an avoirdupois pound (it's about 375 grams compared to the av. pound's 450), but a troy ounce is a little more at about 31 grams compared to the av. ounce's 28 grams
don't you just love systems of units that grow organically into some abomination of metrology
@Felthry I like units that are derived from a small number of smartly chosen and well-defined units
@noiob I just appreciate base-12 divisions.
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@Felthry to be fair "approximately half a kilogram cake" does not sound as good