7-Up Cake is an old-fashioned favorite and one of my all-time favorite recipes. With a pound cake-like texture and a fabulous lemon flavor, this cake recipe is one you will turn to again and again. Many 7-Up Cakes are made from boxed cake mix, but this one is made from scratch resulting in a vastly superior texture and taste.
7-Up Cake is right up there with Vanilla Wafer Cake when it comes to my favorite retro cakes.
The texture and flavor of this cake is spot on. Interestingly, there is no leavener in this cake. The 7-Up does something magical to both the texture and the flavor.
This recipe includes a lemon glaze, but frankly I think the cake is better without it. This is one of those simple recipes that has stood the test of time and really shouldn’t be messed with too much.
How To Make
(More detailed instructions in recipe card below.)
- Combine dry ingredients. Whisk together flour and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Combine wet ingredients. In a mixing bowl, whisk together 7-Up, eggs, lemon zest, and vanilla.
- Cream the butter, shortening and sugar.
- Combine dry ingredients and wet ingredients.
- Bake. Transfer batter to a greased pan and bake for 60 minutes.
- Make glaze and drizzle over cake.
Recipe Tip
This cake is easy to make but bundt pans can be finicky. Make sure you grease and flour it well and do not let the cake stay in the pan too long after you take it out of the oven. Ten to 15 minutes is plenty to let it cool before removing it from the pan.
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7-Up Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup 7-UP or Sprite
- 5 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 3 cups granulated sugar
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk together the 7UP, eggs, lemon zest, and vanilla.
- Beat butter, shortening, and granulated sugar with an electric mixer on medium-high until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture, alternating with egg mixture, in 2 batches.
- Transfer the batter to prepared pan and bake for 60 minutes. Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out on a rack to cool completely.
- To make glaze, whisk all ingredients in a small bowl and drizzle over cake.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe adapted from Cook’s Illustrated
Originally posted May 24, 2018.
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How can I make this with box cake mix
I love this recipe! Ive also seen other recipes as well , like with or without vanilla, more than 5 eggs, variations on amount of 7up. It really depends on how you want the cake to be, but I typically like it more moist so I use more than a cup of 7up. I’ve been baking this cake for about 10 years plus now. My cake has fallen apart a little before but sometimes bundt pans can just be awful no matter how good you grease them. I made it recently for my coworkers and they loved it! Whew!
Can you use Diet 7-up instead of regular 7-up?