Lavender and Honey Cupcakes

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"This is essentially a vanilla cupcake with lavender-honey frosting. If you can find lavender honey, it will add even more flavor.."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 18 cupcakes

ingredients

• Cupcakes

• 1 cup sweet butter, softened
• 1 cup superfine sugar
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• Frosting

• 1 cup cream cheese, softened
• 1 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1⁄3 cup honey
• blue food coloring
• 2 tablespoons dried lavender flowers

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°; place 18 baking cups in muffin pans.
2. In a large bowl, combine all the cupcake ingredients; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and pale, about 2-3 minutes.
3. Spoon batter into the cups; bake for 20 minutes or until tests done.
4. Remove pans from oven and cool for 5 minutes; remove cupcakes to a rack; let cool completely.
5. To make the frosting: In a bowl, beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar with an electric mixer until light and creamy.
6. Beat in honey and a few drops of food coloring; stir in half the lavender flowers.
7. Spread the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes; sprinkle with the reserved lavender flowers.

Reviews

[joanna_giselle]

This was a lovely recipe though I did make some changes. First of all, I couldn't find lavender flowers and so I used organic lavender tea instead but in smaller amounts as it had a very intense smell. Secondly I blended the sugar with a little lavender to add some flavour to the cupcake too and finally I omitted the blue colouring because I knew it would put off my kids! The final result was a delicious rich buttery cupcake with a light lavender and honey flavour. Everyone who tried it, loved it. Thanks for posting.