7up Cake

Conversations & Creations · From my kitchen

A simple, slower-baking cake made with 7Up and finished with a lemon glaze.

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 cups sugar, measured and then ground
• 1 cup vegetable oil (about 155 ml)
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1 bottle 7Up (about 350 ml)
• For the glaze: 1 cup powdered sugar, 2 teaspoons warm water, 1 tablespoon lemon juice and a few drops of yellow colouring

Method

1. Preheat the oven to about 180–190 °C. Grease and flour a cake tin.
2. Beat the eggs and sugar until creamy.
3. Pour in the oil while beating.
4. Sift the flour with the baking powder. Add it and mix gently with a spoon.
5. Stir in the 7Up, pour the batter into the tin and bake for about 45 minutes, checking with a toothpick and adjusting for your oven.
6. Cool on a wire rack. Mix the powdered sugar, warm water, lemon juice and a few drops of colouring to make a glaze, then pour it over the cake.