Lavender & Lemon Cake
Lemon and poppy seed sponge cake topped with lavender white chocolate.
Posted by Cat Morley
About
I made this birthday cake for my Mum. I really love the lavender flavour at the moment.
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You Will Need (13 things)
- 1 tbsp Lavender
- 2 tbsp Poppy Seeds
- 1 Lemon
- Berry Jam
- 200 g White Chocolate
- 4 Egg(s)
- ¼ cup Butter
- 1 cup Milk
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 cup Plain Flour
Steps (11 steps, 40 minutes)
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1
Start by grating the peel from the lemon in to a bowl. Whisk together the eggs and sugar until light fluffy and then add the vanilla. Squeeze in the juice from the lemon.
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2
Sieve together the flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl and then combine with the sugar and egg mixture.
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3
Melt down the butter with the milk and then add to your mixture.
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4
Mix in the lemon peel and the poppy seeds.
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5
Grease two baking tins and pour half of the batter in to each.
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6
Place in to greased baking tins and bake in an oven set to 350' for 10 minutes. Leave to cool.
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7
Grind down the lavender with a mortar and pestle.
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8
Melt down the while chocolate, mix in the lavender and spread on top of each of the cakes.
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9
Leave to set.
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10
Cover one half with berry jam.
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11
Place the second cake on top and it's ready to serve.