Lemon-Lime Pound Cake

By foodiva

Ingredients

• Cake
• 3 sticks Butter
• 3 cups Sugar
• 5 whole Eggs
• 3 cups All-purpose Flour
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt
• 1 cup 7-up
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest
• 1 Tablespoon Lime Zest
• GLAZE
• 2 cups Powdered Sugar, Sifted
• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest, Dried For At Least 30 Minutes
• 1 Tablespoon Lime Zest, Dried For At Least 30 Minutes
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
• 1 Tablespoon Lime Juice
• 1 Tablespoon Water + More As Needed

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 90mins
Adapted from thepioneerwoman.com

Preparation

Step 1

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, which I bought last week in a fit of culinary impulse while at my favorite restaurant supply store in the big city. I had no idea what I was going to do with it, I just knew I had to make it mine.

C’mon! Let’s make it!

To the 3 sticks of butter, add 3 cups of sugar. (Are we seeing a pattern here?)

Then drop in 5 eggs, one at a time, mixing after each one.

It helps to crack the eggs into a bowl or a small pitcher ahead of time. Lessens the likelihood that you’ll drop some shell in there while the mixer’s going, which lessens the likelihood that you’ll cuss.

Mix this together until it’s all combined.

Then, in a separate bowl, combine 3 cups of flour (seeing? pattern? here?) with a little salt and add the dry mixture a cup at a time until it’s mixed together.

Next, with the mixer on low, pour in some 7-Up! Or Sprite! Or Sierra Mist!

And mix it into the batter. Scrape the sides thoroughly, then mix it again until it’s all combined.

And whisked it around to see where I was. It was almost perfect, but needed to be just a teeny bit thinner.

I just used a spoon to drizzle the glaze all over the place, getting it in all the crevices and letting it drip everywhere.

Then I sprinkled on some more zest just to make it purty.

This was delicious. The cake is super moist, but the added zip of the lemon and lime zests really made it extra flavorful.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each addition. Combine flour and salt, then add it 1 cup at a time, mixing after each addition. With the mixer on low, slowly add the 7-Up until combined. Add 1 tablespoon of both lemon and lime zest and mix. Scrape the bowl and mix again.

Thoroughly spray a bundt pan (I used a Jubilee bundt pan) with nonstick baking spray. Add large spoonfuls of batter until the pan is filled, then even out the surface. Bake for 1 hour 10 to 1 hour 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and let it sit in the pan for 15 minutes. Carefully turn it out onto a cake plate and let it cool.

Combine all the glaze ingredients in a bowl and gently whisk until thick but pourable. Use a large spoon to drizzle it all over the cake. Let the glaze set, then slice and serve!

JoEllen, this is a pound cake recipe, so maybe you could make it in mini pound cake molds. Not sure how it would turn out in cupcakes, but you never know until you try. Extras can always be frozen for later.

Today is my husband’s birthday! He LOVES this particular cake! You have given me the idea to make it for him! Thanks, Ree!

Oh my goodness – this looks CRAZY good; the kind of good that would make me do it and lock myself into the bedroom to eat it up all by myself..!

What a beautiful cake! In the list of ingredients for the cake it says 1tsp. lime zest but the directions say 1Tbsp. I assume it’s 1 Tbsp.?

this looks beautiful…and I am going to make this cake as soon as Easter is here….40 days of no dairy,no meat(sorry ladd), no chicken either…no goodies, no chocolate, no yummies, but I sure can make a mean tofu lasagna…I need to look for one of those pans….thanks ree.

You really do ROCK Ree!! You come up with recipes that make me want to stay home and cook, bake, roast or grill!! Alas, I must go to work, so that I can then purchase the ingredients that will allow me to make these fantastic dishes of yours!!

Oh my, I know that lemon and lime zest must make this really delish. Send a piece up my way, please

Yum!!!! Can’t wait to make this. You have the most beautiful plates!! Makes everything look so pretty.

Inspired by you Ree, last night I baked some Ciabatta bread slices smeared with Ranch dressing mixed with Blue Cheese. Love all these great recipes.

No bull – I’ve made 7 Up cake before but never considered adding the zest. Great idea. This is a beautiful pan & as I was reading your blog my mind was wandering to all the creative things that could be done with this pan. Just love the whole bunch of you more than mere words can express. Have a blessed week.

Oh my goodness ~ this looks amazing! It’s my birthday this month and I am going to make this for myself! I will have to make it gluten free and should make it dairy free but I’m not sure with those ratios that I can pull it off. Maybe I’ll leave a little butter in there and my daughter can take a lactaid.

Don’t know about Austin Powers, but “Behave” did feature in the happy ending to Nanny McFee…it got twisted around into “be HIVE”! Anyway, off to try to win this cake pan so I can then make this luscious cake!

It was pretty even before you added the glaze!

That beautiful-scary cake looks so spring-like….can’t wait to make it myself! It’s been years since I’ve made 7-Up cake. That pan is such an amazing design, too! I own the Nordic-Ware swirl bundt pan, and the cake that emerges is gorgeous!! The first time I used it, I was a wee bit nervous about how it would unmold, but it slipped out with the design perfectly intact! I used baking spray rather well…found with later use of the pan, that only a light spray was necessary. Happy baking!!

Yum! Looks super dense, moist and rich! I like how your pan makes wells for the glaze to pool in.

Beatrice Boone

That cake pan is ridiculous!!!! I love it! And now I feel like I need it!!! Even though I already have 4 bundt pans. #addict

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