Recipes
Jocelyn Delk Adams’ 7UP Pound Cake
Makes 1 pound cake
It’s a pound cake with 7 UP that has been in my family for decades. Served at a soul food or Southern dinner, this cake is perfection on your table. It was actually the very first cake I ever learned to bake, which I suspect is not only because it is my mother’s absolute favorite cake but also because it was not intimidating. It introduced me to the baking world, and I haven’t looked back. The cake itself is so easy to make and results into a wonderful cake that even a nine-year-old girl can master it!
Ingredients
For the cake
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter at room temperature
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 5 large eggs at room temperature
- 3 cups sifted cake flour
- ½ cup 7UP soda
- 2 teaspoons pure lemon extract
for the glaze
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 3 tablespoons 7UP soda
- ½ teaspoon pure lemon extract
Method
- For the cake: Start by preheating your oven to 315°F then liberally spray a 10-cup bundt pan with non-stick baking spray.
- In your mixer bowl, add butter and beat for 2 minutes on high speed. Slowly add in sugar and salt and beat on high speed for an additional seven minutes until very pale yellow and fluffy.
- Next, add eggs, one at a time, combining well after each addition and scraping down the sides as needed.
- Turn your mixer down to its lowest speed, and slowly add flour into the batter in two increments. Be careful not to overbeat.
- Lastly, pour in 7UP and lemon extract, scrape down sides and mix until just combined and turn off the mixer.
- Pour cake batter into the prepared bundt pan, and bake for 1 hour and 15 -20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool in a pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert the cake on a serving plate.
- For the glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together the confectioner’s sugar, 7UP, and lemon extract until it’s pourable. Spoon over the cake and allow it to harden.
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Reprinted with permission from Grandbaby Cakes: Modern Recipes, Vintage Charm, Soulful Memories by Jocelyn Delk Adams (Agate Surrey). Copyright © 2015.Links
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