Ingredients
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1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening (Crisco is good)
3 1/2 cups sugar, divided
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups 7-up, soda divided
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 large eggs
Preparation
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Set oven to 300 degrees F.
Grease and flour a 10\" tube pan.
In a large bowl combine butter, shortening, 3 cups sugar (use only 3 cups sugar) vanilla and almond extract; beat using an electric mixer until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
Sift the flour and salt together.
Add eggs, 7-up, and the flour mixture to the butter mixture, using the following directions:
This method must be followed; add 1 egg in at a time; then add a bit of Seven-Up, then a bit of the flour mixture, then a bit more of Seven-Up; repeat until all the eggs, flour mixture and 1 cup Seven-Up is used up (you will use the remaining 1/4 cup for glaze).
Spoon mixture into prepared baking pan.
Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 40 minutes, or until cake tests done.
Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
Remove from pan.
Mix the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and the 1/4 cup Seven-Up soda.
Spread the glaze mix over cake.
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