7up Ingredients Information Recipes

I love a clandestine soda in the preparation of food, a flash of carbonation where the French might use wine, or brandy. It may be transgressive to say so, but I'm hardly alone, for all those who cringe at the thought. Page through church or community cookbooks and you'll find examples: Coke-spiked Jell-O situations, root beer-glazed fillets of salmon, beans simmered in Moxie. This recipe for a lemon-and-lime soda cake came to me a while back from a Times reader who thought I'd appreciate it (I did!). She said she'd gotten it from a grandmother down south, who stored it on an index card placed in her copy of the cookbook published by the Symphony League of Jackson, Miss., in 1971. The original called for oleo and Crisco oil. I swapped these out for dairy and neutral oil, and a little less soda, and an additional 15 minutes in the oven. This leaves the cake toast-brown and glistening, glossy-crumbed and high-risen, a marvelous moist yellow within. I'm no shill for Big Soda. You could just as easily make it with plain sparkling water and a spritz of lemon or lime. You could make it with sparkling wine!

Provided by Sam Sifton

Categories     easy, cakes, dessert

Time 1h30m

Yield 10 to 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

• Ingredients

This is my favorite recipe. My grandmother and mother used to make this when I was a child. It is absolutely wonderful! You can substitute 7Up® for milk in the glaze.

Provided by JSWERVE0712

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Bundt Cake Recipes

Time 1h45m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 9

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 448.9 calories, Carbohydrate 65.3 g, Cholesterol 104.2 mg, Fat 19.1 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 4.7 g, SaturatedFat 11.5 g, Sodium 148.4 mg, Sugar 45.5 g