posted by Nancy K 08-22-100 6:57 AM
this recipe is from "Cooking with Dr. Pepper and 7 UP"
Classic 7UP Pound Cake
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanillla
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon butter flavored extract
5 eggs
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup 7 UP
Glaze:
1/4 cup 7 UP
1/2 cup sugar
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. and grease and flour a tube pan.
Combine butter, shortening, sugar and extracts in a large bowl; beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour and salt; add alternately with 1 cup 7 UP, beating well after each addition.
Spoon into a well-greased and floured 10 inch tube pan. Bake at 300° for 1 hour and 45 minutes or until done. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan.
Combine remaining 1/4 cup 7 UP and 1/2 cup sugar in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Boil 2-3 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Punch holes in top of cake with a toothpick; spoon glaze over cake. Cool completely.
Yields: 1 (10 inch) cake