In need of cake....

This weekend I had been invited to join friends for an open-air picnic and 'Music in the park'. What should I take? It started at 3pm, so I thought I'd take afternoon tea....a flask of tea, cucumber sandwiches and I needed cake....

Inspired by my recent visit to the Norfolk Lavender Fields - and the fact that I had come away from there with a jar of lavender sugar - I decided on these little lavender cakes.

Here is how to make them:

♥ Pre-heat your oven to 180°

♥ Sift together

1 ⅓ cups of plain flour

2 tsp baking powder

♥ Add and blend in

⅓ cup white caster sugar

⅓ lavender sugar

♥ Add and mix together

⅔ cups of whole milk

1 egg

¼ cup butter at room temperature

1 tsp vanilla extract

Fill the mixture into 12 smallish muffin cases or, like I did, into 6 large paper cases, and bake for 20 minutes.

I drizzled them with a mix of icing sugar and lemon juice - but the original recipe suggested a white chocolate buttercream - unfortunately, it was too hot for hat - so if anyone would like to know how to make the butter cream, just let me know!

Have a wonderful start to the week!!!

Love

Nicolax