Horrors! Dollar Tree Pound Cake As We Knew It (Apparently) Is No More!

Is this the new dollar tree thread?

R1:

It is now.

Ha!

Stock up now!

[quote]WTF happened to that "booming economy" we were (lied to) about?

Go pound cake, OP.

[quote]But now, American Classic is selling FIVE-ounce pound cakes, according to Dollar Tree's website. A full 50 percent reduction in size

WHAT ABOUT THE SOY MILK? IS THE SOY MILK OK?

The soy milk tastes awful!

Spotted off-Datalounge ...

Do they still sell the heavy duty storage bags? Last time I went they didn't have any.

Eat an apple or a banana instead.

my elder neighbor puts apple sauce, apple butter, jellies on pound cake and has with tea. at other times slathered with pb or frosting. looked awful. I heated a slice in microwave and with butter and was o.k. once

16 ounces is a pound! They shouldn’t be allowed to call it pound cake if it weighs less.

With all that is happening in America I share your priority to be concerned about the size of a cake.

This is the worst thing to happen EVAH

Take one pound of sugar, one pound of eggs, one pound of butter and one pound of flour.

Mix, bake and enjoy.

I bought one of those cakes back when the DT threads started as a taste test. Blech! It had a distinct chemical taste. Didn't even remotely taste like a real pound cake. I assume because there was probably not one ounce of butter in the thing. I took 2 bites and threw the thing in the trash.

Can you make pound cake with teff and margarine? I wish I could try some pound cake, but I'm gluten-free and lactose-intolerant.

Why isn't this story being covered by mainstream media?

There also isn't a Pound Cake Queen 2019. Coincidence? I think not. Cost-cutting bastards. And I would know.

Somebody needs to e-mail the company and tell them to change the name to half a pound cake.

It's really five-sixteenths of a pound, cake.

Bitches!

[quote] Can you make pound cake with teff and margarine? I wish I could try some pound cake, but I'm gluten-free and lactose-intolerant.

Here's a good gluten free poundcake recipe. I don't know about using "Teff", but I have doubts it would work. But you can buy gluten free flour at most any market these days. And yes, you can easily substitute margarine for butter. I've had scratch poundcakes made from butter and margarine and the difference in taste is very minimal. In fact some people prefer the ones made with margarine. The flavor in pound cakes comes from the flavorings used (vanilla and/or almond extracts). The butter or margarine is just for texture, moisture, and fluffiness of the cake.

I can make a real poundcake from scratch the same size as the original DT pound cake for $1.00 (or less). Therefore, to pay $1.00 for their horrid tasting confection is ridiculous.

Per my photograph at R9, I wonder if 99c store stole the poundcakes from DT. After all, 99c store is still selling them for 99c. Anybody know if they're the same brand? I never looked for them at DT, so I have no point of pound cake comparison.

I prefer pound cake for strawberry “shortcake” instead of real shortcake, or sponge cake, or angel food cake.

What the hell is "teff?"

The people who are offering pound cake recipes, while well-meaning, simply do not get the spirit of the DL Dollar Tree poundcake threads.

Is this the two-buck Chuck thread for DataLoungers?

R28 Teff is a grain grown much like wheat. It was primarily grown in the area of Ethiopia but is now grown in Idaho as well. Like wheat, it can be ground into a flour.

A pound cake made with Teff would probably end up tasting nothing like a pound cake and would more than likely be so tough that it would be inedible. Teff would be better used to make breads, not light and fluffy cakes.

So, r31......

Is it tough on your teefs?

R32 It's tougher than cake flour or even AP flour. Granted, pound cakes are are denser type of cake, but a poundcake made with a Teff would probably end up being tough as whet leather.

I made a cake in a 9x13 cake pan & it was so ridiculously thin I thought I did sometn8ng wrong. Nope. They took more than 3oz out of the cake mix, but didn’t change the directions.

Remember the days when....

Boxed mix cakes are not good. Although I do know a couple tricks to zhuz 'em up to the point they're almost undetectable from scratch cakes.

Add 1 box of dry Jello pudding powder to the cake mix. Use the pudding mix that is as close to the flavor of cake you're making. And instead of using oil double the amount called for in melted butter. And add one extra whole egg. You'll thank me next time you make a boxed cake mix. You'll end up with a much nicer cake that most people would never be able to tell is not a scratch cake.

I don’t like my cakes to scratch me

Cake scratch fever can be deadly, r38.

The 99.99 Cents Only store is selling American Classic brand pound cakes for $1, the 10 ounce size. When I first noticed it a few weeks ago, they had lemon, chocolate, marble, and plain -- this week, only chocolate and marble were on the shelf. I don't know whether all 4 flavors will be back in stock, or whether the brand is being phased out, or what.

[italic]WHY MUST THEY PERSECUTE US ? ?

You type fat, OP. And poor.

Years ago I would make a FABULOUS Pound Cake from a recipe in an old McCall's cookbook of my mothers.

It called for FOUR sticks of butter

EIGHT eggs

FOUR cups of sugar

and ONE pound of sugar for the glaze.

Welcome to profit gouging 101

There's always Entenmann's..

Yes,

I'm a FAT whore.

Relax, OP. Drake, Tastykake, and Little Debbie all make pound cakes.

Its now Dollar Tree Half Pound Cake

5 ounces isn't even 1/3 pound, Einstein.