I have been working on my garden this summer and planted a lot of lavender and it smells amazing! I’m going to harvest it at the end of summer to make little smelly sachets. Well – it is on my list of things to do – but we will see!
Anyway, it inspired me today to make a little twist on the lemon drizzle cake with lavender. Lemon and lavender are both strong flavours so what better than a Lemon lavender drizzle cake.
Ingredients:
175gm butter
175gm golden caster sugar
3 eggs
175gm self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cooking lavender
2 tbsp lemon zest
2 tbsp lemon juice
Syrup:
4 tbsp caster sugar
Juice of one lemon
1 tsp lavender
Instructions:
Cream butter and sugar
Gradually add egg, careful not to split the butter mix
Add the lemon, mix in
Sieve flour, baking powder and mix lavender with dry ingredients, mix into butter mix with metal spoon.
Add a little water (tbsp) to loosen batter and pour into greased/lined tin.
Bake at 180 for 30-35min.
Let cool and pour syrup over top.