7 Up Cake

This moist pound cake is made with 7 Up soda to give it a bright, sweet lemon lime flavor. There are no leavening agents in the cake - the carbonation in the soda does all of the work!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1 5

Servings

Calories 591kcal

Author Karly Campbell

Ingredients

For the cake:

1 ½ cups butter room temperature
2 ¾ cups granulated sugar
5 large eggs room temperature
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups flour
¾ cup 7 Up soda room temperature

For the glaze:

1 ½ cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1-2 tablespoons 7 Up soda

Instructions

To make the cake:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Liberally grease a 12 cup bundt pan.
Beat the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until light and creamy.
Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until fully incorporated. Beat in the lemon juice and vanilla.
Add flour alternately with the 7 Up, beating well after each addition.
Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan and bake for 65 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for 20 minutes before flipping onto a serving dish to cool completely.

To make the glaze:

Once cool, whisk together the ingredients for the glaze. Add more or less 7 Up to reach the consistency you desire.
Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake.

Notes

Grease the pan: Bundt pans can be tricky, so be sure that you're using a pan that is in good shape and has a solid non-stick coating. Grease the pan liberally. A surefire way to make sure your cake releases is to combine equal parts flour, oil, and shortening to form a paste. Brush this in every nook and cranny of the pan using a pastry brush.

Substitutions: We've only made this cake using 7 Up, but I believe Sprite would also work well. Bottled lemon juice can be used in place of fresh, as well.

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