Friday 17 July 2009

Lavender cup cakes!!

These delicately flavoured and unusual cup cakes are really yummy and lovely to make in the summer when the lavender is in flower. I used the recipe from Nigella Lawson's "how to be a domestic goddess" book and it is the usual standard cup cake recipe with some lavender milk added to the mixture. This is made by infusing 6 to 8 sprigs of lavender in 125ml of hot milk and leaving for 20 minutes , then straining the milk and leaving it for a further 10 minutes before adding about 2 tablespoons to the cupcake mix. The icing is made by adding some lavender milk to the icing sugar. Enjoy a flowery scented treat!!

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