Lavender cup cakes - recipe?

Little_Chicken

Hi all,
It's my friend's birthday next week, and I want to make her some cupcakes.:A
I have an idea of doing lavender and lemon ones, with plain white royal icing on top. Now, I have Nigella's book, but I bought some ready mixed lavender sugar for pancake day and would like to use this in my recipe - otherwise it may never get used up.

Really I'm just wondering how to flavour the sponges with lavender/lemon. How much sugar should I replace with the lavender sugar? Do I need the rind from one large lemon or more??? The recipe I'm using suggests 125g of normal sugar. And finally, should I still put a little vanilla extract in?
Thanks for your help guys:beer:

Chris25

have a read of this blog - this lady made some http://albioncooks.blogspot.com/2006/07/lavender-cupcakes.html

Here's another that might help http://agoodappetite.blogspot.com/2008/02/lavender-cupcakes-with-chocolate.html

Little_Chicken

Chris25 wrote: »

have a read of this blog - this lady made some http://albioncooks.blogspot.com/2006/07/lavender-cupcakes.html

Here's another that might help http://agoodappetite.blogspot.com/2008/02/lavender-cupcakes-with-chocolate.html

Fab. looks like she used 100% lavender sugar and sifted the lavender pieces out. I might try 50/50 with the rind of a lemon and a tiny bit of vanilla to ensure that the flavour is subtle. Thanks for your help:beer:

kippers

Just wanted to share this with you....

I made these for a group picnic we had yesterday and everyone loved them:

http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/273129/Lavender-fairy-cakes


I used fondant icing but i will use normal icing sugar next time. I also left the icing white and they looked fab with the lavender on the top (but i must admit i did take the lavender off the top when i ate the cake).

Pollybear

They look lovely!

newbie_alert

They do indeed, I have plenty of lavender ...... off to make cakes!

carolinejane_2

can you eat the lavender?

kippers

carolinejane wrote: »

can you eat the lavender?

Lavender is a herb, so yes you can eat it....however, I found it was lovely in the cake but i didn't like the decoration on the top (though i did try it) as it was just too much lavender in one go for me. I just removed the lavender on the top before i ate my cake....you decide yourself, you may like it.

Pls make sure you know that the lavender hasn't been sprayed with chemicals/ pesticides ie lavender from your own garden.

zippychick

Hi Kippers,

there is also a thread - uses for lavender - which could give you other ideas if you have more

I'll merge this with the fairy cake thread later

thanks
Zip

Vaila

hello, i have a glut of lavender in my garden, and have always fancied cooking with it, i have a recipe for lavender shortbread, but i would like to use this aromatic flower in other baking projects...so anyone have any ideas, im especially looking for as you guessed a cake recipe

regards

Gers

I've just googled lavender cake and got oodles of lovely recipes including this website:

http://www.hopshop.co.uk/lavenderrecipes.asp