This recipe has been around for years and, judging from its popularity, it will be around for many years to come.
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7 UP Pound Cake
- Total Time: 2 hours 5 minutes
- Yield: 10 1x
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 5 eggs, at room temperature
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup 7 UP
For the Glaze:
- 1/4 cup 7 UP
- 1/2 cup sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300°F. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
- Combine butter, shortening, sugar, vanilla and almond extract in the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour and salt, and add to butter/sugar mixture alternately with 1 cup 7 UP, beating well after each addition.
- Spoon batter into prepared 10-inch tube pan, and bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert on serving plate and remove pan.
- While cake is cooling, make the glaze by stirring together the 1/4 cup 7 UP and 1/2 cup sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, and boil 1 to 2 minutes or until sugar is completely dissolved. Punch holes in top of warm cake with a toothpick. Spoon glaze over cake, and cool completely before serving.
- Makes one 10-inch cake.
- To finish, dust with confectioner’s sugar, or pour some strawberry glaze on a slice.
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