Ingredients for the cake:
1/4 cup honey
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon lavender
3/4 cup softened butter
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
Ingredients for glaze:
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons cream or milk
1 cup powdered sugar
small pinch of salt
Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Warm the buttermilk in a sauce pan with lavender just until simmering. Allow to cool. Cream honey, sugar and butter in the bowl of a mixer with the paddle attachment. Add eggs and mix. Add baking powder and salt and mix. Alternate adding buttermilk and flour, about 1/2 a cup at a time until just barely incorporated. Add batter to well greased baking tins, lining the bottom with parchment paper. You can use a regular loaf pan or 3 mini pans. Bake until the sides just pull away from the sides and a toothpick comes out mostly clean, 30-40 minutes for the mini pans, 40-50 minutes for a large loaf pan. Allow cakes to cook fully and then top with the glaze. Delicious served slightly warmed.
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