Lemon-Lime Pound Cake

Name: Lemon-Lime Pound Cake
Ingredients: Nonstick vegetable oil spray; 3 cups all purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 3 cups sugar; 5 large eggs; 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel; 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime peel; 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (about) lemon-lime soda (such as 7UP); 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar

10 ingredients

14 steps

Ingredients

Nonstick vegetable oil spray
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
3 cups sugar
5 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime peel
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (about) lemon-lime soda (such as 7UP)
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 325F.
2

Spray 12-cup Bundt pan with nonstick spray.
3

Whisk flour and salt in bowl to blend.
4

Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy.
5

Gradually beat in sugar.
6

Beat in eggs, 1 at a time; then beat in 1 teaspoon each lemon peel and lime peel.
7

Beat in flour mixture in 4 additions alternately with 3/4 cup lemon-lime soda in 3 additions.
8

Transfer batter to prepared pan.
9

Bake cake until golden on top and tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
10

Cool cake in pan 5 minutes.
11

Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
12

Combine powdered sugar and remaining 1/2 teaspoon each lemon peel and lime peel in bowl.
13

Whisk in enough of remaining 2 tablespoons soda to form thick smooth icing.
14

Drizzle icing over cake.