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Fanta Pound Cake

Fanta Pound Cake has an incredibly rich, buttery, and tender texture and a slight orange flavor from Fanta soda and orange zest.

  • Prep20 min
  • Cook1 hr 15 min
  • Total1 hr 35 min
  • Serves20
Fanta Pound Cake

Fanta Pound Cake has a fabulous texture as every good pound cake should, a slight orange flavor, and a thick cream cheese icing.

Slice of Fanta Pound Cake on a plate.

It’s basically a pound cake with a little orange flavoring from Fanta soda and some orange zest. But we know a plain pound cake can be one of the most awesome desserts right?

And this one is totally decked out for summer a bright orange color.

Slice of pound cake on a blue plate and cans of Fanta in background.

There are certain sodas I only drink during the summer. There’s something about an ice-cold Cheerwine or Fanta Orange on a hot summer day. Your energy starts to wane due to the oppressive heat and then a couple of gulps of Fanta Orange, laden with sugar, can give you enough of a boost to refrain from taking a nap.

Rich, Buttery Texture

A combination of butter and shortening plus a packet of whipped topping mix gives this cake an incredible texture. So rich and buttery and dense, but tender. It’s almost velvety.

Gotta love the orange color! It’s almost Clemson Orange.

Note: You’ll have to add orange food coloring to get it this color.

Fanta Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting on a cake stand.

How To Get The Perfect Texture

To get the best texture, beat the butter and shortening a long time, very slowly beat in the sugar, and beat in each egg before adding the next one. But then, you want to mix as little as possible. Just enough to get an even consistency.

Storage

Since this cake has a cream cheese frosting, it should be stored in the refrigerator. Can be frozen for up to 2 months.

Slice of cake on a blue plate.

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Not sure what whipped topping mix is? Here is a link to Dream Whip Whipped Topping Mix on Amazon. You can get a much better price on it at your grocery store. Look for it by the pudding mixes on the baking aisle. It usually seems to be on the top shelf.

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Ingredients

Cream Cheese Icing

Steps

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a tube pan or bundt pan.

  2. 2

    Cream butter and shortening for 3-5 minutes using an electric mixer with a paddle attachment (or a hand mixer). Gradually add sugar.

  3. 3

    Add eggs one at a time, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl.

  4. 4

    Alternate between adding flour and Fanta, beginning and ending with flour.

  5. 5

    Beat in vanilla extract, orange zest, salt, and whipped topping mix.

  6. 6

    If desired, add food coloring to get a deeper orange color.

  7. 7

    Pour batter into pan and bake for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

  8. 8

    Let cool in pan for 15 to 20 minutes and then invert onto a cake stand.

  9. 9

    To make Icing, beat butter and shortening together until smooth. Add orange juice. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar and milk. If too thick, add a little more milk or orange juice.

  10. 10

    Spread icing on top of the cake and let it spread down the sides some.

Notes

You want to beat the butter and shortening together really well before adding sugar and then continue to beat until fluffy and very light in color.
Once eggs are added, beat as little as possible.

Nutrition

  • Calories446

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