Classic 7-up Pound Cake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening (crisco is good)
• 3 1/2 cups sugar, divided
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups 7-up, soda divided
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 large eggs

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 300 degrees f.
• 2 grease and flour a 10" tube pan.
• 3 in a large bowl combine butter, shortening, 3 cups sugar (use only 3 cups sugar) vanilla and almond extract; beat using an electric mixer until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
• 4 sift the flour and salt together.
• 5 add eggs, 7-up, and the flour mixture to the butter mixture, using the following directions:.
• 6 this method must be followed; add 1 egg in at a time; then add a bit of seven-up, then a bit of the flour mixture, then a bit more of seven-up; repeat until all the eggs, flour mixture and 1 cup seven-up is used up (you will use the remaining 1/4 cup for glaze).
• 7 spoon mixture into prepared baking pan.
• 8 bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 40 minutes, or until cake tests done.
• 9 cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• 10 remove from pan.
• 11 mix the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and the 1/4 cup seven-up soda.
• 12 spread the glaze mix over cake.