Lavender Pound Cake with Lemon Glaze
Servings Prep Time
110″ cake 35minutes
Cook Time
70minutes
Servings Prep Time
110″ cake 35minutes
Cook Time
70minutes
Ingredients
Lavender Pount Cake
  • 1cup milk
  • 1tbsp dried, culinary lavender
  • 3sticks unsalted buttersoftened
  • 1lb sugarabout 2 cups
  • 1lb eggsabout 8 large eggs
  • 1/2cup vegetable oil
  • 1tsp vanilla
  • 1lb all purpose flourabout 3 cups
  • 1/2tsp baking powder
  • 1/2tsp salt
Lemon Glaze
  • 2 1/4cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4cup lemon juice
  • zest of one lemon
  • pinch of salt
Instructions
Lavender Pound Cake
  1. Preheat the oven to 325°F.
  2. Lightly grind the lavender in a mortar to release the oils. Heat the milk in a small saucepan until it is steaming but not boiling. Remove the milk from the heat and add the lavender. Let the lavender steep for at least 30 minutes, longer for a stronger lavender flavor. After steeping, strain out the lavender and set the milk aside.
  3. Cream the butter with a mixer until it is lighter in color and fluffy. Add the sugar and cream together until the mixture is again light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well between. Mix in the vegetable oil and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl. Alternately add the flour mixture and lavender flavored milk to the batter, mixing until just combined between additions.
  4. Pour the batter into a greased and floured 10″ bundt cake pan. Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a long toothpick/skewer comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes then remove the cake from the pan and finish cooling on a wire rack.
  5. After the cake is completely cool, place parchment paper under the rack and pour the lemon glaze over top. I collected the glaze that dripped onto the paper and poured it back over the cake for a second layer, but this is optional.
Lemon Glaze
  1. Combine the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Adjust the flavor to your liking. To make the glaze more lemon-y, add more zest instead of juice so the glaze isn’t too thin.

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