Lavender Madeira cake

Name: Lavender Madeira cake
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Ingredients: crystallised lavender buds; lavender jelly; 225 g/8 oz/2 sticks unsalted butter; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup lavender sugar; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup caster sugar; 4 eggs; 225 g /8 oz/2 cups self-raising flour; 150 ml/5 fl oz/about ⅝ cup milk; candied lemon peel

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

Traditionally served with a glass of Madeira, hence its name, this is a good plain cake for any time, subtly enhanced with a breath of lavender.

Ingredients

225 g/8 oz/2 sticks unsalted butter
115

Vegetarian
Cake
Baking

Method

Line a 20 cm/8 inch layer cake tin, or 1 kg/ 2