7 Up® Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 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®)
• glaze:
• 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 45 mins


• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). generously grease a fluted tube pan (such as bundt®).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.