4.5 from 147 votes
7Up Pound Cake
7Up Pound Cake is a dense, moist bundt-style cake enriched with butter, sugar, eggs, and brightened with lemon zest and lemon extract. 7Up soda is folded into the batter along with flour to add moisture and a tender crumb without additional liquid. It is baked until golden and a tester comes out clean, delivering a rich, flavorful dessert with subtle lemon-lime notes.
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 25 mins
Total Time
1 hr 50 mins
Servings:
16
Course:
Cake
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups butter room temperature
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- lemon zest of one
- 5 egg large
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract pure
- 2 teaspoons lemon extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 8 ounces 7UP 1 cup, or Sprite or Sierra Mist
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Spray a 10-cup capacity bundt-style pan with non-stick cooking spray such as Pam for baking. This has flour in it and I find that it helps with a clean release after the cake has baked.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add butter and beat on medium high speed for 5 minutes. Add in sugar and lemon zest and continue beating for another 5 minutes. The mixture will be light and fluffy.
- Add in eggs one at a time, incorporating each egg before adding in the next, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add in the extracts and mix until incorporated.
- Slowly mix in the flour and lemon-lime soda alternatively, starting and ending with flour. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and smooth out the top.
- Bake in preheated oven for 75-85 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for about 10 minutes on a wire rack. Carefully invert the cake onto another cooling rack and allow it to cool completely.
- Serve the cake with a sprinkling of confectioners’ sugar or fancy it up a bit with whipped cream and fresh, summer berries.
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