Ingredients
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3 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
5 eggs,large
3 cup sugar
1 cup butter,softened (no substitutions)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp lemon extract
1 cup 7-up or other lemon-lime soda
Directions
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Servings: 16 servings
7-Up Pound Cake Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Cake Easy
The History of Recipes
Experts have found proof that recipes existed far back into antiquity, at least as far into history as ancient Egypt, and possibly even further. In practice though, these, old records were just basic pictorial recipes for preparing meals.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe discovered, according to academics are a few ancient tablets in the Sumerian language which show the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making those who drank it feel wonderful. Progressing into The time of the roman empire around 25BC a man called Apicius compiled a collection of documents showing how to cook the recipes prepared by his fellow Romans. In his works, he recounts how the meals were separated into hors d`oeuvre, main course and desserts, something we still use today. Additionally, he describes how the Roman chefs made use of a good variety of herbs and spices, including a few that will be familiar to modern chefs for example basil, rue and parsley. Over the following few centuries, the powerful families of Europe strove to serve the best banquets, and consequentially the best cooks and their recipe collections were at a premium. However, it wasn`t until the nineteenth century that cookery and recipe books rose to prominence. Mrs Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated years of their lives to collecting, verifying, and publishing recipes common in their social group. When we get to the 1900s, recipe publications were starting to become popular due to better eduction, more leisure time and having more disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this 7 Up Pound Cake recipe.
