Lavender an Blueberry Tea Bread

Name: Lavender an Blueberry Tea Bread
Yield: Serves 8-10
Ingredients: 8 lavender sprigs; violet food colouring; 1 tsp ground mastic or ½ tsp cloves; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 250 g instant royal icing; 400 g fresh blueberries; 2 medium eggs, beaten; 1 tsp baking powder; 250 g wholemeal self-raising flour; 125 g unsalted butter at room temperature, plus 1 tbsp butter, for greasing; 100 g lavender sugar

Preparation info

Serves
8-10

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Secret of Spice

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2019

About

To make lavender sugar, add fresh lavender (if it’s available) to light muscovado or demerara sugar in a jar, cover with a lid and leave for at least three days before using. If you don’t have any fresh lavender, add a drop of lavender extract to the sugar.

Ingredients

125 g unsalted butter at room temperature, plus 1 tbsp butter, for greasing
100

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Grease the base and line a 900g loaf tin.

Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs a little at a time. Add the blueberries and mix well.

Sift all the dry ingredients together, and add to the