7 Up Pound Cake Recipe 455

7 UP POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• Generously grease and lightly flour a bundt pan. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, shortening and sugar.
• Mix in the eggs one at a time.
• Fold in the vanilla extract and lemon extract.
• Fold in the lemon zest and lime zest.
• Gradually add in the flour and salt and mix until combined.
• Mix in the heavy whipping cream and 7-up until well combined and batter is fluffy.
• Spoon batter into bundt pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10-15 minutes (check on it after the 1 hour mark) or until knife inserted into middle comes out clean.
• Let cake sit in pan until pan is warm to the touch.
• Remove from pan and place on a cooling rack until completely cooled.
• Drizzle with 7-up glaze if desired.

7UP POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted or plain tube pan., In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon juice and vanilla. Add flour alternately with 7UP, beating well after each addition. , Transfer batter to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 65-75 minutes. Cool in pan 20 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., For glaze, in a small bowl, mix confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and enough 7UP to reach desired consistency. If desired, stir in zest. Drizzle over cake.

CLASSIC 7-UP POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 300 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a 10" tube pan.
• In a large bowl combine butter, shortening, 3 cups sugar (use only 3 cups sugar) vanilla and almond extract; beat using an electric mixer until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
• Sift the flour and salt together.
• Add eggs, 7-up, and the flour mixture to the butter mixture, using the following directions:.
• This method must be followed; add 1 egg in at a time; then add a bit of Seven-Up, then a bit of the flour mixture, then a bit more of Seven-Up; repeat until all the eggs, flour mixture and 1 cup Seven-Up is used up (you will use the remaining 1/4 cup for glaze).
• Spoon mixture into prepared baking pan.
• Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 40 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan.
• Mix the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and the 1/4 cup Seven-Up soda.
• Spread the glaze mix over cake.