Not Your Usual Recipe

Imagine taking your favourite soft drink and turning it into a tasty food sensation. In Sousou’s kitchen nothing is impossible, she loves experimenting with our favourite things and has developed this delicious recipe using 7UP, our number one thirst quencher.

So, if you’re interested in finding out how this sweet, bubbly drink can be used to bake a tasty cake, and have a great story to tell your guests, then read on. Check out your cupboards and fridge for the following ingredients. This recipe will make enough cake for 8 people.

INGREDIENTS

• 3 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 cups flour
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1 cup 7up
• 1 pinch vanilla

Then follow these four easy steps to create this interesting sweet tasting cake.

PREPARATION

1. Beat the eggs, sugar, vanilla and grated lemon in a bowl with an electric mixer until it becomes light and fluffy.
2. Stir the flour in three batches. Then, add the corn oil in two batches. Next add the 7Up and baking powder.
3. Spread the mixture into a buttered pan.
4. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees C. for 50 to 60 minutes… Let us know how your cake turned out and whether it was devoured by your guests.