Lavender and Honey Cupcakes

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

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• 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.