Mama Harris' infamous 7-Up cake!!

I love baking, and I love buying new baking "toys". Shortly after I purchased my bundt pan I was very excited to make new sweets and try new recipes. I have quite a few recipes under my belt that my family loves, but this cake takes the top spot. Especially with my husband, so that's a plus! Even my mother in law loves this, and she's not especially partial to cakes at all.
This is a fairly easy recipe, and the wonderful thing about bundt cakes is you can slice them thin like bread, or thick like cake. My husband likes to throw a few slices in with his lunches whenever I make this, which is fairly often.

Enjoy!



INGREDIENTS:

Cake:

• 1 and 1/2 cups butter
• 3 cups white sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons lemon extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup 7-up (or other lemon/lime flavored soda)

Icing:

• 1and 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 teaspoons lemon extract
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

Cream together the butter and sugar for about 10 minutes with your mixer set to medium low. Add eggs, one at a time while continually mixing. Then add flour, lemon extract and vanilla extract one at a time. Once mixed (without overmixing), fold in your 7-Up with a spoon.
Pour into a well greased bundt pan, and bake at 325 degrees for about 60 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
Once pan is cool enough to maneuver, flip over onto cake dish and then drizzle with icing while still warm.