7-Up Pound Cake

This recipe was printed in the Houston Chronicle, as one of the Century's "Best Recipes"!

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 -3  cups sugar (see note)
• 5  eggs
• 3  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  cup  7-Up soda
• 1  teaspoon  lemon extract or 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1  teaspoon  butter flavor extract

Directions

1. Ingredients should be at room temperature.
2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
3. Grease a large tube pan.
4. Cream butter and shortening with sugar.
5. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6. Add flour alternately with 7-Up and extracts.
7. Bake until done, about 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
8. *NOTE*The recipe originally called for 3 cups sugar, but 2 cups are sufficient.
9. There is no need to adjust amounts of other ingredients if you use less sugar.