Lemon-Lime Pound Cake
- Nonstick vegetable oil spray
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 cups sugar
- 5 large eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
- 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime peel
- 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons (about) lemon-lime soda (such as 7UP)
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Spray 12-cup Bundt pan with nonstick spray.
- Whisk flour and salt in bowl to blend.
- Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy.
- Gradually beat in sugar.
- Beat in eggs, 1 at a time; then beat in 1 teaspoon each lemon peel and lime peel.
- Beat in flour mixture in 4 additions alternately with 3/4 cup lemon-lime soda in 3 additions.
- Transfer batter to prepared pan.
- Bake cake until golden on top and tester inserted near center comes out clean, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
- Cool cake in pan 5 minutes.
- Turn cake out onto rack and cool completely.
- Combine powdered sugar and remaining 1/2 teaspoon each lemon peel and lime peel in bowl.
- Whisk in enough of remaining 2 tablespoons soda to form thick smooth icing.
- Drizzle icing over cake.
vegetable oil spray, flour, salt, unsalted butter, sugar, eggs, lime peel, lemonlime soda, powdered sugar
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lemon-lime-pound-cake-104735 (may not work)