Honey Lavender Cake

By Brittny -



I don't know why it's called Honey Lavender Cake because there's no honey. But there is a lemon glaze. So you can change the name to Awesome Lavender Lemon Cake if you want.

 This recipe came from my awesome bi-sexual friend who now works for Planned Parenthood in D.C. and helps give healthcare to low-income women. I really should have put my PRIDE flag in the middle of the cake with an IUD to really present it properly. But then I would not have wanted to eat something that held an IUD on the top. Grossy.

 I'm getting off track. It's easy to make, it's tasty, and it's not a big sugar type of cake. I put in more lavender than it called for. You can crush some up with your hands and put over the top. Mine was dry but I think it's because I live at sea level and I'm still trying to figure out my oven problems. I found a cool spice store in town and bought lavender there for like $1.50. Or you can grab some at a Farmer's Market. 
Cake


·      1 cup butter (room temp)
·      2 cups sugar
·      3 cups flour
·      4 large eggs
·      1 cup buttermilk
·      ½ tsp salt
·      ½ tsp baking soda
·      1 Tbs lemon zest
·      juice of 1 large lemon
·      2 tsp. dried lavender buds


Glaze


·      1 cup powdered sugar
·      1 Tbs cream
·      Juice of 1 lemon (to your taste)
·      Stir together and pour over cooled cake.



Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time fully incorporating after each addition. Stop and scrape down the sides with a spatula and resume beating until the mixture looks like buttercream frosting. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda. Combine the lemon zest, lemon juice and buttermilk together. With the mixer on low, alternately mix in the flour and buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour, in 3 additions. Do not over-mix, just allow the ingredients to come together. Stir in the lavender. Pour into two loaf pans that have been coated in pan spray. Bake at 325 for 50 mins. Check after 40 minutes. Cake is fully baked when a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. When cool, pour glaze over top.

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