Ingredients
1 *ingredients*
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
We are able to track the history of `recipes` back into the far past, at least as far into history as pharonic Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. Interesting though that is, sadly, these early records were just primitive pictorial, hieroglyphic or cunieform instructions for preparing food.
Interestingly, the oldest recipe discovered, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a series of stone tablets in ancient Sumerian which show the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made anyone who drank it feel wonderful. Closer to modern times, we find some recipe books which were published in the fourteenth century : a recipe book called `Forme of Cury`, and another, similary entitled `Curye on Inglish`. The titles are somewhat misleading tho`, these two books have no connection with the curry that is served today, but rather descriptions of the types of food eaten by the rich and wealthy people of that time. During the next few hundred years, the families of Europe competed with each other to offer the most extravagent meals, and consequentially the best cooks and their collection of recipes were highly sought after. However, it was during the 1800s that cooking and cookery books became really popular. The Famous Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the USA, spent years to collecting, trying out, and writing down the recipes that were being prepared for the better households. By the time we get to the twentieth century, cookbooks were in great demand, as a result of better eduction, more leisure time and being a little richer. |
We hope you enjoy this 7 Up Pound Cake recipe.
