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7Up Bundt Cake

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 8/03/21Updated: 1/23/24

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This 7Up Bundt Cake has great texture and flavor thanks to the lemon lime soda and is one of the prettiest cakes ever!

7 up bundt cake

Old Fashioned Recipe

7Up Bundt cake is one of those old fashioned recipes, the kind of recipe you find your grandmother’s recipe box, the one she always made for the family picnic or gathering. It’s a classic and rightly so, it’s a good one.

overhead shot of cake

I made this cake for an event at church for the girls 12-18. They wanted a cake that had the look and feel of a wedding cake without looking just like a wedding cake.

By stacking two bundt cakes, covering them with powdered sugar and adding fruit I think we created a beautiful cake that could easily be used as a wedding cake! Not only was it pretty but it was delicious too.

side view of 7 up bundt cake

What Does the 7UP Do?

The addition of 7 Up or any lemon lime soda to the cake gives the cake an extra light texture as well as adding a slight citrus flavor. I highly recommend using regular soda, not diet. This cake has a pound cake like texture but thanks to the 7 UP is lighter than a traditional pound cake.

The flavor of this cake is so good that it stands alone, no need for any kind of frosting.

stacked bundt cake

How to Make a Bundt Cake

  • Beat together the butter and sugar for 20 minutes. Yes, that 20 minutes is correct. Use a stand mixer to make it easier on your arm.
  • Add the eggs one at a time. Making sure they are well mixed in.
  • Mix in flour, lemon and vanilla extract and then fold in the lemon lime soft drink.
  • Pour into a well-greased 12 cup Bundt pan
  • Bake at 325 degrees for 60 to 75 minutes

For this stacked bundt cake, I made two full bundt cakes.

fruit garnishing bundt cake

Tips for Making Bundt Cake

  • If you don’t have a bundt pan this cake can also be made in a 9 x 13 ” pan.
  • Grease the bundt pan well for easier removal. I always use Baker’s Joy, it s a nonstick baking spray that has flour in it. It helps release bundt cakes so easily from the pan!
top of bundt cake with fruit

How to Serve the 7UP Bundt Cake

  • Sprinkle the cake with powdered sugar before serving. If the cake is going to sit a while before serving the powdered sugar will soak into the cake so give it a good dusting before serving.
  • Add strawberries and blueberries around the bottom edge on the top and have some additional fruit to add to the plates while serving.
  • Add a dollop of whipped cream to each piece of cake along with the fruit as it is served.
  • To slice the cake remove the top bundt cake to another plate before serving.

We were a little worried that two bundt cakes might not be quite enough so I made a third and it sat on it’s own cake stand.

smaller bundt cake on stand

I thought the cake turned out amazing, it was so pretty!  I fell in love with it! In fact, I couldn’t stop taking pictures of it.

Other favorite bundt cake recipes:

  • Caramel Apple Bundt Cake
  • Orange Poppy Seed Cake
  • Poppy Seed Cake
  • Key Lime Bundt Cake
  • Blueberry Coffee Cake
  • Lemon Pound Cake

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7Up Bundt Cake Recipe

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7Up Bundt Cake

7 Up Bundt Cake

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
This 7 Up Bundt Cake has great texture and flavor thanks to the lemon lime soda and is one of the prettiest cakes ever !
serves: 12 servings
Prep:20 minutes minutes
Cook:1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
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Total:1 hour hour 35 minutes minutes
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups butter
  • 3 cups white sugar
  • 5 eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp lemon extract
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup 7-Up

Instructions

  • Beat together the butter and sugar for 20 minutes
  • Add the eggs one at a time. Making sure they are well mixed in.
  • Mix in flour, lemon and vanilla extract and then fold in the 7UP ™ soft drink
  • Pour into a well-greased 12 cup Bundt pan
  • Bake at 325 degrees for 60 to 75 minutes

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Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 544kcal (27%) Carbohydrates: 76g (25%) Protein: 6g (12%) Fat: 25g (38%) Saturated Fat: 15g (94%) Cholesterol: 129mg (43%) Sodium: 231mg (10%) Potassium: 66mg (2%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 52g (58%) Vitamin A: 808IU (16%) Calcium: 22mg (2%) Iron: 2mg (11%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Dessert
Cuisine:American
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  1. Rosie says

    Posted on 5/16 at 7:36 pm

    I used this recipe and my cakes just bubbled over and didn’t cook the recipe say fold over 7-up I wonder if it made the difference mixing the 7-up with the Mixer. I noticed the batter being Aerie and light no substance. so I made the second cake I didn’t mix it as much the
    batter looked a lot better but it did the same thing bubbled over. I followed the recipe.

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 5/16 at 7:38 pm

      Rosie, The only reason I can think for it to bubble over is that your pan was too small? What size bundt pan did you use?

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  2. Cathy says

    Posted on 11/22 at 11:08 am

    I think this will be a good one for me to take on Thanksgiving for those who don’t like pumpkin pie!

    Reply
  3. Leigh Anne says

    Posted on 11/20 at 11:09 pm

    Amie,
    Not a silly question at all. Actually the whole in the middle really isn’t very big so I just used one of my biggest strawberries and laid it on it’s side down in the whole and it plugged it up for me. Just layered more berries on top of it.
    You are sweet – thank you!

    Reply
  4. Amie says

    Posted on 11/20 at 11:05 pm

    Leigh Anne, This may be a silly question…but….What did you put in the center of the bundt cake so that the berries didn’t fall through? This cake is so pretty! I’m going to have to get a pan like that. I’ll add it to my shopping list. 🙂 I love reading your blog daily. Thanks so much. I want to be you when I grow up 🙂

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  5. Candi says

    Posted on 11/19 at 10:45 pm

    Love the simplicity of this cake and the scalloped design from the bundt pan. I am going to try this with a natural substitute for the 7-up.

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