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lemon lavender cake recipe

Lemon & lavender tea cake

A simple tea cake which can be thrown together in a few minutes. An aromatic spin on a classic lemon tea cake. With sharp notes of sweet lemon and a subtle lavender flavour.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 1 Cake
Course: Dessert
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

Cake
  • 250 grams self raising flour
  • 210 grams sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 100 ml milk
  • 100 grams melted butter
  • Zest of 1 lemon
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 1.5 tbsp dried lavender
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
Icing
  • 80 grams icing sugar
  • 1/2 tsp dried lavender
  • Juice of half a lemon

Equipment

  • Mixing bowl
  • Loaf pan (24cmx13cmx6.5cm)
  • Kitchen scales

Method
 

  1. Lightly beat eggs, just enough to break yolks
  2. Add flour, sugar, milk, eggs and butter to a large mixing bowl and mix until a smooth batter is formed
  3. Add lemon juice, zest, lavender and vanilla extract to batter and combine
  4. Grease loaf pan and spoon in cake batter, bake at 180c/355f for 35 mins
  5. Mix icing ingredients together in bowl
  6. Drizzle icing on cake fresh out of the oven