Lavendar Tea Cake
Source of Recipe
Old Fashioned Tips
List of Ingredients
1 cup granulated sugar
5 tablespoons butter, 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 or lowfat yogurt
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh lavender leaves
Glaze:
1/3 cup sifted powdered sugar
1 teaspoon water
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Recipe
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat granulated sugar, butter,
and vanilla at medium speed until well-blended. Add egg and
egg white, one at a time, beat well after each addition. Sift flour
and carefully measure.Combine the flour with the baking powder,
baking soda, and salt, stir well. (I often sift again) Add flour the
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 350
degrees for about 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in the
center comes out clean. To prepare glaze, combine powdered
sugar and remaining ingredients. Spread on the warm cake.
Cool in pan 20 minutes on a wire rack before removing from
the pan. To serve slice thinly and present on a pretty platter.
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