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)

  1. 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.

  2. 2

    Sieve together the flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl and then combine with the sugar and egg mixture.

  3. 3

    Melt down the butter with the milk and then add to your mixture.

  4. 4

    Mix in the lemon peel and the poppy seeds.

  5. 5

    Grease two baking tins and pour half of the batter in to each.

  6. 6

    Place in to greased baking tins and bake in an oven set to 350' for 10 minutes. Leave to cool.

  7. 7

    Grind down the lavender with a mortar and pestle.

  8. 8

    Melt down the while chocolate, mix in the lavender and spread on top of each of the cakes.

  9. 9

    Leave to set.

  10. 10

    Cover one half with berry jam.

  11. 11

    Place the second cake on top and it's ready to serve.