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.
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Loaf pan (24cmx13cmx6.5cm)
- Kitchen scales
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
Instructions
- Lightly beat eggs, just enough to break yolks
- Add flour, sugar, milk, eggs and butter to a large mixing bowl and mix until a smooth batter is formed
- Add lemon juice, zest, lavender and vanilla extract to batter and combine
- Grease loaf pan and spoon in cake batter, bake at 180c/355f for 35 mins
- Mix icing ingredients together in bowl
- Drizzle icing on cake fresh out of the oven