Lemon and lavender squares

Name: Lemon and lavender squares
Cuisine: America
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons lavender sugar; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 4 tablespoons lemon juice; 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest; 2 large eggs; 2 tablespoons plain flour; 50 g/2 oz/½ stick unsalted butter, melted; 25 g/1 oz/2 tablespoons icing sugar, plus extra for sifting; 115 g/4 oz / ½ cup plain flour

Preparation info

Makes
16

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

Based on another family recipe, this time from America, this is a very good teatime pastry; it is like eating shortbread topped with lemon curd. The squares are made in two stages, first the shortbread and then the lemon topping.

Ingredients

115 g/4 oz / ½ cup plain flour
25

America
Dessert
Pastry
Snack
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Lightly butter a 20 cm/8 inch square cake tin.

Sift the first quantity of flour and icing sugar together and mix in the melted butter with a fork. Press into the cake tin and