7-UP Pound Cake

2 sticks of margarine
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 teaspoon lemon extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
7-ounces 7-UP (or other lemon-lime soda)

Pre-heat oven to 300 degrees. Grease and flour tube or bundt cake pan. Cream margarine and shortening with sugar; add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add lemon extract. Add flour and 7-UP alternately, beating after each addition. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 1-1/2 hours or until cake tests done.

Funnel Cakes

taken from allrecipe.com

3 eggs
2 cups milk
1/4 cup white sugar
3-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder

DIRECTIONS
1. In a medium bowl, mix salt, baking powder, and half of the flour. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, cream eggs, sugar and milk. Add flour mixture and beat until smooth. Continue to add remaining flour, but use only enough to achieve desired consistency. Batter will be thin enough to run through a funnel.
3. In an eight inch skillet, heat the oil to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
4. Put your finger over the bottom opening of the funnel, and fill the funnel with a generous 1/2 cup of the batter. Hold the funnel close to the surface of the oil, and release the batter into the oil while making a circular motion. Fry until golden brown. Use tongs and wide spatula to turn the cake over carefully. Fry the second side one minute. Drain on paper towels, and sprinkle with sifted confectioners' sugar or cinnamon sugar.