🍋✨ Easy Lemon 7UP Cake (Mediterranean Style)

Soft, moist, lemony, and ultra-simple—no mixer needed!

📝 Ingredients

For the Cake

• 1 box lemon cake mix (or vanilla if you prefer less lemon)

• 1 cup 7UP (not diet)

• 3 large eggs

• ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil (Mediterranean twist—makes it moist & fragrant)

• 1 tbsp lemon zest

• 1 tsp vanilla (optional)

For the Lemon Glaze

• 1 cup powdered sugar

• 2–3 tbsp fresh lemon juice

• 1 tsp lemon zest

• Optional: 1–2 tsp 7UP for extra shine

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👩‍🍳 Instructions

1. Prepare the Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).

2. Grease a bundt pan or 9×13 baking dish.

3. In a bowl, mix together:

   • cake mix

   • eggs

   • olive oil

   • 7UP

   • lemon zest

   • vanilla (optional)

4. Whisk until smooth (do NOT overmix).

5. Pour batter into your prepared pan.

2. Bake

• Bake 40–45 minutes (bundt) or 28–32 minutes (9×13).

• Cake is done when a toothpick comes out clean.

3. Make the Glaze

Whisk together powdered sugar, lemon juice, zest, and optional 7UP until silky.

4. Finish

• Let cake cool 10 minutes.

• Drizzle glaze over warm cake so it absorbs beautifully.

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🍋 Mediterranean Notes

• Olive oil makes the cake moist and aromatic.

• Fresh lemon zest gives natural citrus brilliance.

• Add a sprinkle of pistachios on top for a Mediterranean touch.