The Perfect 7Up Pound Cake from Scratch - Southern Love (2024)

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Hey Y’all! I just wanted to share this easy 7Up Pound cake recipe with y’all. Let me tell you this is the easiest pound cake in the world to bake. I remember growing up, if there was a cake being baked in my house. It was surely a 7Up Pound cake.

I got this recipe from my sister Mary Lou, but I decided to tweak a few things. I made the cake a few times before I was completely happy with how it turned out. The first cake I baked, I used All Purpose flour and it came out a bit heavy. It definitely was not the pound cake that I remembered from my childhood. The next cake I used Swan Cake flour, and it instantly became the 7up pound cake I grew up enjoying as a child.

I also baked a third cake with Softa Silk Cake Flour, by Pillsbury because sometimes it’s hard to find Swan Cake Flour. Both of these cake flours are great choices, there is no real difference in taste. So feel free to use either one, this pound cake is the perfect cake to serve during the holidays. I also added a homemade glaze, which is so incredibly easy to make. I’m sure this cake will be a hit, because it’s easy, moist, and lets not forget delicious! Let’s get baking!

As always let’s make sure that we have a list of our ingredients.

Ingredients for 7up Pound Cake

– 3 cups of Swan Cake flour

-3 sticks of unsalted butter (softened room temperature) and a little extra for the pan

-1 lemon( for lemon zest) optional

-5 large eggs (room temperature)

-1 teaspoon of Lemon extract

-3 cups of sugar

-1 teaspoon of Vanilla extract

-3/4 cup of 7Up (room temperature)

Ingredients for Homemade Glaze

-4 Tablespoons of whole milk

-2 Cups of Confections Powdered Sugar

-1 Tablespoon of Lemon extract

How to Make a 7up Pound Cake from Scratch

First, I’m going to start with3 sticks of room temperatureunsalted butter.Then, add3 cups of sugar.

The unsaltedbutter and thesugarmust mix for at least5-6 minutes on medium speed (this is very important).

After you’ve mixed the butter and sugartogether add5 room temperature eggs, one at time to your batter as it mixes on low speed.

This step is completely optional, but you can add 1tablespoon of lemon zest to yourbatter.

Then, add1 teaspoon of lemon extract, 1 teaspoon ofvanillaextract,and theoptionaltablespoon of lemon zest. Don’tforget to continue mixing thebatter!

Next, add3 cups of Swan Cake flour and3/4 cup of 7Up.While still mixing alternating1 cup of cake flour at a time with the 7up.

Now, mix all of your ingredients together for at least1 minute. Preheatyour ovento 325 degrees.

I’m using a Nordic Ware Angel Food Cake Pan, but any bundt cake pan will do. Be sure to butter and flour your pan, then pour in your batter. Allow your cake to bake on325 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes oruntil toothpick comes out clean.

Once your cake is finished, let it cool in the cake pan for at least1 minute.

Then, turn the cake onto a cooling rack, be careful during this process because the cake pan is still hot.

How to Make the Homemade Glaze

While the cake is on the cooling rack you can begin to make your homemade glaze. You will need2 cups of powderedsugar, 4tablespoons of whole milk, and 1tablespoon of lemon extract.

Then, mix all of your ingredients together, if you prefer a thicker glaze add morepowdered sugar.

I used a squeeze bottle to drizzle the glaze over my cake.

Once my cake has cooled, I flipped it over onto my cake plate, and added the glaze.

This is an extremely delicious and lemon flavored cake recipe. The perfect pound cake for the holiday season!Feel free to let us know what you think of this easy cake recipe in the comment section.

Happy Baking!

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