Lavender Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried lavender blossoms
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk

Directions

1. 1

   Shift together flour and baking powder, set aside.

2. 2

   In a large bowl cream butter, add lavender, sugar and lemon zest. Continue beating until light in colour and texture.

3. 3

   Add eggs, one at a time, beating througly after each one.

4. 4

   Add half of the flour, mix, add milk.

5. 5

   Fold in the remaining flour, transfer the mixture into a greased and lined 8x4x2 1/2 pan.

6. 6

   Bake at 325 F for 1 hour, cool on wire rack.