faerie cake with lavender whipped cream

Mio, MI
Updated on Jul 5, 2011

This is a wonderfully light and tasty cake. A wonderful cake for any holiday revolving around faeries or faerie magick.

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yield 8-12 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar (divided)
  • 4 - eggs (yokes and whites divided)
  • 4 teaspoons milk
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 2 tablespoons flour mixed with 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla (divided)
  • - chopped nuts
  • - whipped cream

How To Make faerie cake with lavender whipped cream

  • Step 1
    Mix butter, 1/2 cup sugar, egg yolks, milk, flour, baking powder, salt and 1 tbsp. vanilla. Place cake batter evenly into two 10 inch pans. Beat egg whites stiff and add 1 cup sugar and vanilla. Spread mixture onto raw cake batter. Sprinkle with chopped nuts. Bake in very slow oven - 300 degrees for 35 minutes or until done. Serve with whipped cream or Lavender Whipped Cream.
  • Step 2
    LAVENDER WHIPPED CREAM INGREDIENTS 1 cup heavy cream 3 tbsp. fresh lavender flowers or 1 tbsp. dried lavender flowers (with no oils) 1 tbsp. sugar Fresh lavender for garnish DIRECTIONS Combine cream and 3 tablespoons lavender. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours while cream absorbs flavor of flowers. Strain cream, discarding flowers. Beat cream at medium speed of electric mixer, until almost stiff. Gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until cream is stiff. Sprinkle lavender flowers over cream before serving with fresh fruit or cake.

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