Here's an advertisement from July 5, 1948! "Beat the Heat! "fresh up" with Seven-Up! Family days at the Beach. Mom packs the picnic basket" Dad drives; and the kids fill the cooler with 7-Up. Seems like a lot of 7-Up from the photo. But they all look like they're having fun at the Beach -- with 7-Up.
Another way of enjoying 7-Up, a very Retro carbonated beverage, is to use it as the leavening agent in a chocolate bundt cake. I've posted 7-Up Chocolate Cake recipes, but this is an easy 'from scratch" recipe. As I mentioned, the 7-Up is the leavening agent. Enjoy!
I'm headed to the Beach. This cake travels well! Try to beat the heat this holiday weekend!
7-Up Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
2 cups unsalted butter, softened
2 tsp pure vanilla
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup DARK cocoa
1 cup 7-Up
1 cup dark chocolate chips (or a cup of dark chocolate broken into chunks)
Directions
Cream butter.
Add sugar and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, beating well after each one.
Stir in salt, flour and cocoa. Blend thoroughly.
Add 7-UP.
Fold in chocolate chips or chunks.
Bake in greased and floured Bundt pan for 60 minutes (or until tester comes clean).
Cool on wire rack.
Optional: Glaze when cooled with dark chocolate Dobash Frosting.
Dobash Frosting
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter
1/2 cup Ghirardelli cocoa
pinch of salt
Combine all in saucepan and bring to a boil.
Add 1/2 cup water to make a paste. Stir into cocoa mixture with whisk over heat until it thickens. Pour while hot over cake and spread.
I love that advertisement! Alas, my beach is too far, but it would be lovely since my temperature today was 112! I used to live in the east bay area, and it was so lovely to visit a cool foggy beach. I just read your "about me" and noticed you live in the only place I miss since I moved to OR. I miss Tilden. And the Lawrence Hall of Science. And that view on the way there from the Orinda side!
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