Lavender streusel cake

Name: Lavender streusel cake
Ingredients: 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups self-raising flour; a drop of culinary lavender essence; 50 g /2 oz/¼ cup light muscovado sugar; a pinch of salt; 1 tablespoon lavender sugar; 150 g /5 oz / ⅔ cup caster sugar; 2 eggs, lightly beaten with; 75 g/3 oz / ¾ stick unsalted butter; 25 g/1 oz /2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted; 50 g /2 oz/¼ cup lavender sugar; 75 g/3 oz / ¾ cup finely chopped almonds; 1 tablespoon self-raising flour

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

This is based on another family favourite; easy to make and not too rich, it is the perfect morning coffee cake.

Ingredients

150 g /5 oz / ⅔ cup caster sugar
1

Dessert
Baking
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

Grease and flour a 22 cm/9 inch square tin.

Mix the ingredients for the topping together so that it resembles chunky breadcrumbs and put to one side.

Cream the sugar and butter, beat in the