Seven-Up Pound Cake

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 70 min
Servings: 14
Yield: 14 servings

Description

This Seven-Up pound cake is an old-fashioned favorite. Dense and buttery, it's flavored with a can of carbonated lemon-lime soda for added rise.

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon extract
7 fluid ounces lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
2 In a large bowl, cream together butter, shortening, and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in vanilla and lemon extract. Beat in flour alternately with lemon-lime soda, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
3 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Allow to cool on a cake rack for 30 minutes before removing from the pan.