Lavender Cupcakes

Name: Rukmini Iyer Lavender Cupcakes Recipe | Easy Summer Cupcakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients: 115g softened unsalted butter; 115g caster sugar; 2 heaped tsp crushed edible lavender; 2 medium free-range eggs; 115g self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 200g icing sugar; 30ml water; A dab of Grape Violet food colouring; 12 sprigs of lavender

by Rukmini Iyer from The Sweet Roasting Tin

Subtly flavoured and beautifully simple, these cupcakes provide a useful way to use up seasonal lavender from the garden.

Vegetarian Baking Quick

Makes 12

Total 25 min

Prep 10 min

Cook 15 min

Easy

Introduction from Rukmini Iyer

I had to include a recipe for lavender cupcakes, my friend Christine’s favourite. If you grow your own lavender on a balcony or in a garden, this is a perfect way to use it up at the end of the season – these are lovely, light floral cakes.