Smoked Ounce Cake

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    one 8 x 4

    inch
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Chinese-American Barbecue: Big-Flavor Asian BBQ from the Smoke Queen

By Winnie Yee

Published 2026

  • About

This Ounce Cake was inspired by the traditional pound cake recipe, which is 1 pound (455 g) of flour, 1 pound (455 g) of sugar, 1 pound (455 g) of butter, and 1 pound (455 g) of eggs. Easy-peasy! I created this recipe while I was on the set of Food Network’s BBQ Brawl in Texas. It was a challenge where I had to make a dessert out of the random groceries that were found in a typical urban refrigerator. I had eggs, flour, sugar, and Jamaican soda. I used what I learned from pastry s