They sold lavender scones which were then heated up & served with different lavender butters & honey. They were so good & ever since I've been planning on doing some of my own baking with lavender.
I bought some lavender sugar one day at a deli in Bolinas & recently I bought some culinary lavender at the local market.
Since I'm currently on a cupcake kick it seemed lavender cupcakes were in order.
Ah, a little bit of Maui in Minneapolis in February.
Cupcakes
1/2 c room temp unsalted butter
7 T lavender sugar
1 C all purpose flour
1 1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
2 eggs
1 - 3 T milk
Preheat oven to 400. Cream butter & sugar together. Add eggs, one at a time, beat in well. Mix in flour, baking powder & salt. Slowly add milk until desired consistency (I needed almost the whole 3).
Evenly fill 12 muffin cups. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
Makes 12
adapted from Nigella Lawson's Forever Summer.
Chocolate Frosting
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter or margarine
2/3 cup dutch processes cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla.
About 2 cups frosting.
This is the Hersey's Perfectly Chocolate frosting recipe but I used dutch processed cocoa instead. This is a really good chocolate frosting!
2 comments:
I love cooking with lavendar...I did a lavender soda bread not too long ago that was fantastic! The combination with chocolate sounds brilliant!
I've never used lavender in a recipe before - but your cupcake looks so good, I'll have to try it. Thx for visiting my site.
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