Traditionally made with a pound of four ingredients — butter, eggs, flour, and sugar — the pound cake is celebrated each year on March 4.

Scaling down the recipe will produce a similar cake as long as the 1:1:1:1 ratio is preserved.

Dating back to at least the 18th century, the pound cake is one of mankind’s oldest and most versatile cakes.

Observed particularly in the USA but also among cake enthusiasts globally, this food holiday is observed by baking pound cakes at home or seeking them out in local markets, bakeries and restaurants.