Dried Fruit 7-Up Cake

The 7-up cake was really popular in the 1960′s and 1970′s but this one is not the original  7-up cake this one is made with real dried fruit and a delicious colorful lime glaze.

Ingredients:

1 (12 ounce can) 7-Up or lemon-lime carbonated soda (divided use)
1 cp mixed dried fruit (cranberries, strawberries, blueberries, cherries) or you can use your own choice of fruit
1-1/2 cps (3 sticks) butter or margarine, at room temperature
2 cps sugar
4 eggs
3 cps flour
2 tablespoons of lemon extract

See the rest of this recipe at http://ahippiesramblings.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/dried-fruit-7-up-cake-recipe/