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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 16 Minutes Servings: 14 |
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This is an outstanding pound cake and one I have made many times in the past, follow the steps properly and you will have pound cake like no other! Ingredients:
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 |
Directions:
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.
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