This 7 Up pound cake is an easy and beautiful dessert recipe you can make from scratch and have it taste better than any bakery in town.

If you’re looking for an inexpensive and crowd-pleasing treat, then this lemon pound cake is the answer. Read on and discover why it’s one of my favorite cake recipes!

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• About this dessert
• What’s in it
• How to make it
• FAQ
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I came across the idea for this 7 up pound cake from Taste of Home.

About this dessert

For years people have asked me about my favorite thing(s) to make in the kitchen. Up until recently, I would just shrug my shoulders and mutter something like, “I dunno!”

Then one day it suddenly dawned on me. Cake! Homemade cakes are my favorite thing to make, and to eat. I’m talking about beauties like lemon blueberry cake, chocolate whiskey cake, and rhubarb upside-down cake. I love them all! Even our kids love making homemade cakes. This easy marble cake recipe and chocolate torta are both examples of their handiwork.

Like most delicious lemon recipes such as this lemon cordial, these lemon cake mix cookies, and our roasted lemon chicken, this homemade lemon cake is practical, simple to make, and as you can see, has great curb appeal. The beauty of this soda cake is that anybody can make it, virtually no skill required!

We do a lot of cooking, baking, and eating in our household and when I realized I had everything on hand to prepare this soda cake, I got right down to business.

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How to make it

1. Cream the sugar and butter.
2. Add the eggs, one at a time.
3. Add 3/4 cup (85 g) of 7-Up.
4. Evenly distribute in a greased and floured bundt pan.

After preparing, baking, and having a few morsels of this 7 Up pound cake, I knew we had another winner on our hands.

I took this dessert into work with me, this was one of the accolades left by a colleague on my facebook page:

“…I must say this is by far the best-baked good I have ever eaten. I could’ve eaten the whole thing. I still want more….thank you so very much. You truly have a culinary talent.“

Perhaps a bit overstated, but you get the idea.

I had a lot of fun putting this beauty together. I didn’t weight it, but the name of this recipe is pretty accurate.

It’s dense, heavy, and delicious. I dressed it up a bit at the end, by shaving some delicious Godiva chocolate and giving the cake a good sprinkling.

Chocolate and lemon go quite well together, just like peas and carrots. But that’s another recipe. I hope you give this one a try. -Dan

FAQ

Can I use self-rising flour for this 7-Up pound cake?

This recipe will turn out best by using all-purpose flour or cake flour.

What’s the difference between lemon extract vs. lemon juice?

Lemon extract is more concentrated than lemon juice. To substitute extract for fresh juice, use 1/2 of the amount called for.

Top Baking Tips

• Start with ingredients at room temperature. This will help ensure more even baking. Here’s a handy way for how to bring eggs to room temperature.
• Scrape the bowl with a rubber spatula to get every last bit!
• Grease and flour the cake pan before adding the batter.