7Up Pound Cake Recipe
This 7Up pound cake recipe is a classic, dense-crumb dessert made with butter, margarine, sugar, eggs, and cake flour. In the how-to, you cream the fats with sugar, add eggs one at a time, then fold in flour and finish with a lemon-lime soda before baking in a loaf or bundt-style pan. Slice once cooled and serve with tea or coffee.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Step-by-Step Method
Prep the oven and pan
Heat the oven to 340°F (170°C). Grease the cake pan and dust lightly with flour so the cake releases cleanly.
Cream fats with sugar
In a large bowl, beat the butter and margarine together. Add the sugar and mix until the batter looks lighter and smooth.
Add eggs one by one
Crack in the eggs one at a time. Mix briefly after each addition just until blended; don’t overbeat.
Mix in the flour
Add the sifted cake flour gradually. Stir on low speed (or with a spatula) until you no longer see dry flour.
Pour in the soda
Slowly stream in the lemon-lime soda. Give it a short mix; try not to knock out all the bubbles.
Bake
Transfer the batter to the pan and level the top. Bake for about 60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool and slice
Let the cake rest in the pan for 10–15 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely. Slice and serve.