7 Up® Cake

Name: 7 Up® Cake
Ingredients: Cake:; 3 cups white sugar; 1 1/2 cups butter, softened; 5 eggs; 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted; 2 tablespoons lemon extract; 1 cup lemon-lime carbonated beverage (such as 7Up(R)); Glaze:; 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar; 1/4 cup milk; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

11 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

Cake:
3 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
2 tablespoons lemon extract
1 cup lemon-lime carbonated beverage (such as 7Up(R))
Glaze:
1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Generously grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt(R)).
2

Beat white sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy and smooth; add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir flour, 1 cup at a time, blending well after each addition until batter is smooth; stir in lemon extract. Mix lemon-lime beverage into batter and pour into the prepared pan.
3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Remove cake from pan immediately.
4

Beat confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla extract together in a bowl using an electric mixer on medium until glaze is smooth. Pour glaze over warm cake.