Lighter Lemon Pound Cake with 7 Up

Top picture with some ingredients

Bottom picture finished cake

7 Up Cake p. 103 in the VV5 ward cookbook from 2008

 1 1/2 c. butter
3 c. sugar
6 eggs
3 c. flour
2 Tbsp. lemon extract
3/4 cup 7 Up  (or other lemon flavored soda beverage)

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.  Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Add flour. Beat in lemon extract and 7 Up.   Pour batter into well greased and floured jumbo fluted pan.  Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until done.  Cool about 15 minutes and then remove from pan.


(Baker's note:  We cut the butter down to 1 cup and baked it in a regular large bundt pan.  We also added about 10-15 minutes to the bake time until a toothpick came out clean.) 

Sunday Randomness #225: Sunlight and horses

"Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight." - Gordon B. Hinckley

Daisy has discovered the world of horses and received a horse page-a-day calendar for a surprise "New Year" present and this was a recent page. She's letting me use it for this post since I thought it was aptly applicable for a new year.

 The quote is from a New Era article from July 2001 on The Spirit of Optimism
https://www.lds.org/new-era/2001/07/words-of-the-prophet-the-spirit-of-optimism?lang=eng

2014 Summer Movies #1: Apollo 13

(Summer movies are those that appeal on a level sublime or occasionally secondary, in one way or another, but they are movies we feel we can recommend with some extent of assurance.   Apollo 13 is starting out the movies for 2014.)

Rated PG, movie came out in 1995, event happened in 1970, lots more historical facts available including a bunch of science facts from Apollo 13 found here: http://www.universetoday.com/62339/13-things-that-saved-apollo-13/    It's an intense movie but a good one. The reluctance to watch an old space movie was quickly replaced with anticipation of what would happen next.

I admit, I think we're starting to lose track of all the movies starring Tom Hanks ;)