7-Up Cake
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.
Servings: 18
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.
Notes
Cake can be stored at room temperature.