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7-Up® Pound Cake

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Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Yield: 16 servings

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7-Up® has the reputation of making everything better–punches, mixed drinks, marinades, 7-Up Pound Cake... Hold up, cake? You read that right. Think of your favorite sweet and rich vanilla pound cake, but even lighter and fluffier! And then imagine it drizzled with a zesty, sugary glaze derived from the classic citrus soda. That's a 7-Up Pound Cake. Put your trust in the pop.

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Ingredients

  • For the cake:
  • 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 5 large eggs, room temperature
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup 7-Up soda, or similar lemon-lime soda
  • For the glaze:
  • 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon or lime juice
  • 1-2 tablespoons 7-Up soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon, or lime zest, optional

Directions

Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2 -Grease and flour a 10-inch fluted or plain tube pan.

Step 3 -In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar with a hand mixer until light and fluffy, about 5-7 minutes.

Step 4 -Add the eggs, one at a time, to the butter mixture, beating well after each addition.

Step 5 -Beat the lemon juice and vanilla into the butter mixture.

Step 6 -Alternate adding the flour and the 3/4 cup 7-Up to the butter mixture, about 1/3 of each at a time, beating well after each addition.

Step 7 -Transfer the batter to the prepared pan.

Step 8 -Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour 5 minutes-1 hour 15 minutes.

Step 9 -Take the cake out of the oven ​​and cool in the pan for 20 minutes.

Step 10 -After 20 minutes, transfer the cake from the pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

Step 11 -In a small bowl, mix the confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, and the remaining 7-Up until it reaches the preferred consistency.

Step 12 -Stir in the zest.

Step 13 -Drizzle the glaze over the cake once the cake is completely cooled.

Step 14 -Slice and serve!

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