Glazed Lavender Tea Cake
- Cake:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg white
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup plain fat-free yogurt
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh lavender leaves
- Cooking spray
- Glaze:
- 1/3 cup sifted powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon water
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
- To prepare cake, beat granulated sugar, butter, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended (about 5 minutes). Add egg and egg white, 1 at a time; beat well after each addition. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; stir well. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with yogurt, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in lavender.
- Pour the batter into an 8-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350u0b0 for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- To prepare glaze, combine powdered sugar and remaining ingredients. Spread over hot cake. Cool in pan 20 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
sugar, butter, vanilla, egg, egg white, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, yogurt, fresh lavender leaves, cooking spray, powdered sugar, water, vanilla
Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/glazed-lavender-tea-cake (may not work)