7-Up Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. margarine
3 c. sugar
3 c. flour, sifted
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped pecans
1/2 c. shortening
5 eggs
7 oz. 7-Up soda
1/2 tsp. almond flavoring

Preparation

Cream the margarine, shortening and sugar well. Add eggs, one at
a time, and beat well. Add flour and 7-Up; beat well. After each addition, add vanilla and almond flavoring.
Grease a 9-inch tube pan. Sprinkle pecans over bottom. Add mixture. Bake 45 minutes at 350\u00b0, then 35 minutes at 300\u00b0.
Let cake cool for 20 minutes. Remove carefully from pan, leaving cake upside down, giving a nice nutty top.