🔮🌿LAVENDER TEA BREAD🌿🔮

Ingredients

Lavender Cake:

• ¾ cup milk
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh lavender
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Lavender Glaze:

• ½ cup milk
• 1 tablespoon dried lavender buds
• 1 cup confectioner’s sugar

Instructions

Cake

1. Preheat over to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
3. Combine milk and lavender in a small saucepan over medium heat. Heat to a simmer, them remove from hear, and allow to cool slightly.
4. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and salt until smooth. Beat in the egg until the mixture in light and fluffy.
5. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into the creamed mixture alternately with the milk and lavender until just blended.
6. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
7. Let cool completely then top with glaze.

Lavender Glaze

1. Place the milk in a saucepan over medium heat. When it starts to boil, take the pan off the heat and add the dried lavender buds.
2. Let the mixture steep for 5-8 minutes, then strain the milk.
3. Whisk the milk into the sugar, one tablespoon at a time, until you get a smooth and opaque glaze.
4. Pour or spoon glaze over cooled loaf.