Odd pieces of pound cake, perhaps? (3)
I believe the answer is:
pud
'cake perhaps?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'odd pieces of pound' is the wordplay.
'odd pieces of' indicates alternate letters.
The alternating letters of 'pound' are 'PUD'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pud that I've seen before include "Cooked sweet dish" , "hand" , "duff?" .)