Get ready to pound some cake ...

DEAR MELBA: You can buy pound cakes already made, but add your own touch and make a spectacular cake.

POUNDCAKE WITH LEMON SAUCE AND STRAWBERRIES

1 can (10 ounces) sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup sour cream

1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 store-bought pound cake (or use recipe above)

1 quart fresh strawberries

In medium mixing bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, sour cream, lemon peel and lemon juice. Whisk until well mixed.

Split cake horizontally and place bottom half in the plate you plan to use for serving the cake. Cover with half the filling mixture. Add top cake layer and spread remainder of filling over top.

Clean strawberries, slice in halves and arrange over cake.

— Ella, Oklahoma City

DEAR MELBA: I found this pound cake recipe in a magazine about 25-to-30 years ago. It's so moist and will feed a crowd at your church or family get-togethers.

OLD-FASHIONED COCONUT POUND CAKE

2 1/2 sticks butter

3 cups sugar

6 eggs

3 cups flour

1 cartoon (8 ounces) sour cream

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 bag (approximately 14 ounces) coconut

Eggs and butter should be at room temperature before making this cake. Preheat oven to 300 F. Spray a Bundt pan with cooking spray. In large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together well. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in flour, sour cream, salt, and vanilla. Stir in coconut. Spread in prepared pan.

Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes or until done.

— Gaynelle Wyatt, Chickasha

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<p>Pound cake made from recipes submitted to longtime columnist Melba Lovelace, who writes Melba's Swap Shop for The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City. [Photo by Dave Cathey, The Oklahoman]</p>

Pound cake made from recipes submitted to longtime columnist Melba Lovelace, who writes Melba's Swap Shop for The Oklahoman in Oklahoma City. [Photo by Dave Cathey, The Oklahoman]

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