Lemon Lavender Cakes

12 servings

120 minutes

For this wonderful homemade dessert, you will need lavender sugar: just mix lavender buds and sugar in a blender. By the way, it can be used for trendy coffee drinks, such as lavender raf (the history and recipe for this Russian coffee drink is linked). Then lavender sugar is added to a fairly classic recipe for lemon stripes. Lemon and lavender are great friends, try it!

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 573.2
• Proteins: 9.3g
• Fats: 27.6g
• Carbohydrates: 72g

Ingredients

• Sugar: 500 g
• Dried lavender flowers: 4 tbsp
• Butter: 330 g
• Vanilla paste: 1 tsp
• Salt: 0.5 tsp
• Wheat flour: 440 g
• Chicken egg: 8 pc
• Lemon: 6 pc
• Powdered sugar: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Prepare all the ingredients.

2. First, prepare lavender sugar. For this, grind the lavender in a coffee grinder or a small blender.

   Required ingredients:

   • Dried lavender flowers: 4 tablespoons

3. Then pour the lavender and 1/3 of the sugar into a large blender bowl and mix for 15-20 seconds. After that, combine the mixture with the remaining sugar and mix.

   Required ingredients:

   • Sugar: 500 g

4. Mix melted butter, 150 grams of lavender sugar, vanilla extract, and salt.

   Required ingredients:

   • Butter: 330 g
   • Sugar: 500 g
   • Vanilla paste: 1 teaspoon
   • Salt: 0.5 teaspoon

5. Add 375 grams of flour and mix until the dough forms clumps.

   Required ingredients:

   • Wheat flour: 440 g

6. Spread the dough in a baking paper-lined mold in an even layer. Send it to the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

7. Zest two lemons, squeeze juice from all lemons — it should yield 300 ml.

   Required ingredients:

   • Lemon: 6 pieces

8. Whisk the eggs with lemon juice, zest, and the remaining lavender sugar.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken egg: 8 pieces
   • Sugar: 500 g

9. Add the remaining sifted flour and mix.

   Required ingredients:

   • Wheat flour: 440 g

10. Pour the filling onto the hot crust and return the mold to the oven, reducing the temperature to 160 degrees for another 25-30 minutes.

11. Remove the finished pie from the oven and let it cool completely on a rack. Then refrigerate for 2 hours, and only after that can it be sliced.

12. Cut the pie into thin rectangular pastries, sprinkle with powdered sugar, and serve, optionally garnished with lavender buds.

    Required ingredients:

    • Powdered sugar:  to taste