If I had to describe the recipes I share here in one word it would be EASY. When it comes to baking, I make no exceptions. I am always on the lookout for easy cake recipes, and luckily, I’ve found several of them. One of the easiest (and yummiest!) ones I make has only 5 ingredients. It’s also one of my favorite go-to easy cake recipes and happens to be my Dad’s favorite: 7-Up Cake.

Don’t get me wrong, I love to cook! I wish I had time to spend all day in the kitchen, I really do! But let’s be honest…I have 3 kids and if I have to stand at the stove and stir a roux for 20 minutes to make a Chicken & Sausage Etouffee recipe my husband wants to try? I’m probably never going to make rarely going to make the recipe. Give me easy & I’m in.

I’ve shared plenty of easy cake recipes with you here…my favorite cake of all time, Dump Cake recipe, my favorite crowd pleaser easy cake recipe for the Holy Cow Cake, and who could forget the easy cake recipe my mom gave me at my bridal shower? But there’s a reason my Dad loves 7-Up cake, it’s the moistest, lightest cake you’ll ever eat. Bonus? It will take you a total of 5 minutes to prepare!

Easy Cake Recipes – 7-Up Cake

A cake recipe that has only 5 ingredients that will make a moist,airy, delightful cake! Ingredients

• 1 box of lemon cake mix (with NO pudding)
• 3.4 ounce box of instant lemon pudding
• 4 eggs at room temperature
• ¼ cup canola oil
• 12 ounces (1 can) regular 7-Up

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• In a bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mix.
• In a medium size mixing bowl, beat together eggs and oil. Stir in 7-Up.
• Using beaters or your Kitchen Aid mixer, slowly blend the cake and pudding mixture into the egg mixture. Beat on medium speed for 1 to 1-1/2 minutes.
• Pour into a 13×9 baking pan and bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cupcakes comes out clean.
• Let cool completely. Frost with cream cheese frosting, lemon frosting, or any other kind of frosting you like.

Notes I’ve also used yellow cake mix and cheesecake pudding (I added ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract as well)…feel free to get creative!

Easy Cake Recipes

7-Up Cupcakes

Change just a few things and you can easily use the same recipe to make cupcakes, too!

Print Easy Cake Recipes: 7-Up Cupcakes Author: Natalie – MommyofaMonster.com Recipe type: Dessert Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 1 box of lemon cake mix (with NO pudding)
• 3.4 ounce box of instant lemon pudding
• 4 eggs at room temperature
• ¼ cup canola oil
• 12 ounces (1 can) regular 7-Up

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350 F. Place cupcake liners in muffin pans.
• In a bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mix.
• In a medium size mixing bowl, beat together eggs and oil. Stir in 7-Up.
• Using beaters or your Kitchen Aid mixer, slowly blend the cake and pudding mixture into the egg mixture. Beat on medium speed for 1 to 1-1/2 minutes.
• Pour mixture into prepared muffin pan.
• Bake 20 to 24 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cupcakes comes out clean. Let cool completely.
• Frost with cream cheese frosting, lemon frosting, or any other kind of frosting you like.

I’m not kidding when I tell you that these will make the moist, airy cakes and cupcakes that you will ever find from any other easy cake recipes! Try them…I think you will agree!