7-up Pound Cake

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 -3 cups sugar (see note)
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup 7-up soda
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon butter flavor extract

Recipe

• 1 ingredients should be at room temperature.
• 2 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 3 grease a large tube pan.
• 4 cream butter and shortening with sugar.
• 5 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 add flour alternately with 7-up and extracts.
• 7 bake until done, about 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• 8 *note*the recipe originally called for 3 cups sugar, but 2 cups are sufficient.
• 9 there is no need to adjust amounts of other ingredients if you use less sugar.