SEVEN-UP POUND CAKE - Recipe

A ShoeBox Recipe

This old ShoeBox Recipe is an oldie from the past.

I remember it being popular in the Sixties and Seventies. 

It uses part of a Seven-Up Soft drink as an ingredient, but any carbonated Lemon/Lime flavored soft drink will do in the recipe.

It is easy to make and tastes great.

INGREDIENTS:

3              cups       Sugar

1/2           lb.           Butter

1/2          cup         Crisco

5             large       Eggs, mixed

3             cups       Flour, plain

1             tbs.        Baking Powder

1             tsp.        Vanilla flavoring

1             tsp.        Lemon flavoring

3/4         cup         Seven-Up Soda

DIRECTIONS:

1.       Cream the Butter, Crisco and Sugar together for two minutes.

2.       Add the Eggs, Flour, Baking Powder and flavorings to the mixture one at a time while stirring constantly, until well blended.

3.       Fold in the Seven-Up.

4.       Pour the mixture into a well-buttered cake pan.

5.       Bake in a preheated 325F oven for 1-1/4 hours, or until done (using toothpick method)

6.       Remove from the oven and let cool before removing from the pan.

NOTE: Toothpick method= Stick a toothpick into the center of the cake and if there is cake mix stuck to the toothpick, then the Cake is not done.