Recipes Made with Cake Mixes
Southern 7-Up Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 (18.25 ounce) box yellow or pineapple cake mix*
- 4 eggs
- 1 small box vanilla instant pudding
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 (12 ounce) can 7-Up (room temperature)
Filling
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 heaping teaspoon cornstarch
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 (No. 2) can crushed pineapple
- 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup coarsely broken pecans
Instructions
Cake
- Beat all ingredients together well for 2 minutes with electric ixer.
- Pour batter into 3 (8-inch) layer pans or a 15 x 10-inch jellyroll pan that have been greased and floured**.
- Bake at 325 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Cool for 10 minutes, if in layer pans, and remove from pans to cool thoroughly on wire rack.
- Fill and frost.
Filling
- Combine first 6 ingredients and cook over medium heat until thick.
- Remove from heat and add vanilla extract and pecans. Cool before spreading between layers and over cake.
Notes
* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.
** For best results, use our Pan Release!
If using a 15 x 10-inch pan, leave cake in pan and spread frosting over top.