7 Up Pound Cake - melissassouthernstylekitchen.com (2024)

This irresistible 7 Up Pound Cake recipe makes a spectacular addition to any occasion. Serve it for a casual mid-afternoon treat, a special holiday dessert or as the sweet ending to a backyard patio party. It’s an anytime of year classic that’s always a winning choice.

Easy 7 Up Pound Cake Recipe

Using canned or bottled soda like 7Up has been used for baking and cooking in surprising ways for some time. You can also use it to make these light and fluffy 7Up Drop Biscuits or start your day with 7Up Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls. This easy 7Up Pie Crust Recipe can be used for sweet or savory pies. This pound cake using 7-Up is a fabulous way to enjoy a hint of lemon lime flavor. How to make 7 Up Pound Cake from scratch:

• Flour – Cake flour or all purpose flour sifted with salt.
• Sugar – Granulated Sugar.
• 7 Up – Room temperature full sugar classic 7 Up.
• Butter – Salted or unsalted butter.
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• Eggs – 5largeeggs.
• Flavorings – Vanilla and lemon extracts. You can also add one teaspoon of lime.
• Glaze – Powdered sugar, room temperature 7 Uproom temperature, lemon extract and vanilla extract.

How to Make the Best Homemade 7 Up Pound Cake

This delightful pound cake has never made it into the archives of my website until now and it’s Jocelyn’s Mom’s recipe. I absolutely love this cake and the versatility of serving options.

• Ingredients you’ll need to make this recipe for 7 Up Pound Cake: Butter, sugar, eggs, salt, cake flour or all purpose flour, 7 Up, vanilla extract and lemon extract. For the optional glaze you’ll need powdered sugar, 7 Up and lemon extract for flavor.
• Kitchen gadgets you’ll need: A stand mixer or a hand mixer, medium size mixing bowl, measuring cups and spoons, a standard size 10-12 cup bundt pan.
• There’s no baking powder or baking soda in this recipe. The eggs are the leavening.
• You can serve this bundt cake as is simply dusted with powdered sugar or with the optional glaze that features the same lemon lime flavor.
• If you’d like to bump up the lemon flavor, you can add one 3.4 ounce package of instant lemon pudding mix to the dry ingredients. You could also add 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon zest.
• You could opt to use Sprite in place of 7 Up.
• To make the simple glaze, mix together powdered sugar with enough 7 Up until it’s drizzle consistency adding a splash of lemon extract for a boost of flavor. Once smooth, drizzle it over the cooled cake.
• The images demonstrate a fun way to display and serve pound cake when entertaining. I like to cut the cake beforehand and arrange the slices on a cake pedestal. I prefer this method as it prevents my guests from having to fumble with cutting their own piece and it’s such a pretty presentation.
• You can then serve it with fresh berries such as strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or blueberries. You can also serve it with your favorite flavor of pie filling and lemon or lime curd and fresh whipped cream.
• You can use diet soda in this cake in the same amount. It won’t add to the sweetness but the carbonation will still give a lift to the texture of the cake.
• You can freeze 7 Up Pound cake for up to 2 months. When doing so, cool it completely then wrap in freezer safe plastic wrap.
• You can store 7 Up cake either chilled in the refrigerator for up to one week or on the counter for up to 5 days.

More Southern Pound Cakes Recipes to Make

Southern style pound cakes in most any flavor will freeze well making them perfect for make ahead baking. This delicious pound cake is sure to become a favorite with your family just as it has with mine. Try these fun ways to use 7 Up in other recipes:

• Lemon Lovers Pound Cake is a family recipe.
• Rich and sweet Brown Sugar Pound Cake.
• Banana Pudding Cream Cheese Pound Cake never lasts long.
• Million Dollar Pound Cake is a fan favorite.
• Fudgy Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake.
• Island inspired Pineapple Pound Cake.
• Pecan Praline Buttermilk Pound Cake is a stunner!
• Rhubarb Vanilla Pound Cake from Platter Talk.

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