Seven-up™ Cake Iii

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3 cups white sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c). grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
• cream the 1 cup butter or margarine, shortening and 3 cups white sugar together until light and fluffy. beat in the eggs one a time beating well after each addition.
• beat in the flour, lemon extract and lemon-lime soda. mix well and pour batter into the prepared pan.
• bake at 325 degrees f (165 degrees c) for 1 hour.
• to make icing: in a saucepan combine the 1 1/2 cups white sugar, 1/2 cup butter or margarine, 3 eggs, coconut, pineapple and nuts. cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is thick. pour over cake while cake is still hot and icing is bubbling.