Green Cakes of the Week!

After
taking a look at the recipes from last week I decided to share some
cake recipes with all of you this week. With the holidays coming up I
am sure that a lot of you will enjoy these recipes as well as
appreciate having them shared with all of you. Baking cakes can also
be time shared with your children and loved ones, spending quality
time together. What better way to share time with the ones you love
than to bake eco-friendly treats together or even for them as a
surprise? If any of you have any ideas for an eco recipe that you
would like me to share with you please leave a comment. Please keep
in mind, however, that not every recipe will be a green one, but it
can easily be turned into a green recipe with the use of
substitutions. To start the week off let’s have a look at a Lavender
Cake recipe…

Follow
the following recipe to learn how to make a lavender cake:

Ingredients:

¾
cup unsalted butter, softened

¾
cup superfine sugar

3 eggs
lightly (fork) beaten

1 ½
cups self-rising flour sifted

1
Tbsp. fresh lavender florets OR 1 Tbsp dried culinary lavender,
roughly chopped

½
tsp. vanilla extract

2
Tbsp. milk

½
cup confectioner’s sugar, sifted

½
tsp. water

a few
fresh lavender florets for decoration

Directions:

Heat
the oven to 350F. Lightly grease and flour a ring pan or a deep
8-inch round, loose-bottomed cake pan. Cream the butter and sugar
together thoroughly until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a
time, beating thoroughly between each addition, until mixture becomes
thick and glossy. Fold in the flour, lavender florets, vanilla and
milk. Spoon the mixture into the pan and bake for 1 hour. Let sit 5
minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Mix the
confectioner’s sugar with the water until smooth. Pour over the cake
and decorate with fresh lavender.

This
recipe is by Lavender
Farm. Please visit their website to have a full look at
their Lavender Cake recipe.

To
create a “green” lavender cake simply substitute the items such
as milk and sugar for organic milk and sugar.

jennl | My Bio & Articles

Jennifer is a freelance writer, and has written for various health and environmental blogs, which includes running her own green living blog. Currently she is studying to become a C++ Programmer.