Honey-Lavender Cupcakes!

I drove to Olympia early yesterday morning and came home to a beautiful spring day... So I perched myself on the porch in the sun and sipped on lavender tea with a bit of honey and lemon while listening to the geese fly over the lake. PERFECT DAY.... So i thought... Why not capture this moment with a cupcake!

Honey-Lavender Cupcakes!

 

Ingredients:

2 and 3/4 cup                          All-purpose flour
3/4 tsp.                                    Baking powder
3/4 tsp.                                    Baking soda
1/2 tsp.                                    Sea salt, fine
1/2 cup                                    Sour cream
1/4 cup                                    Milk
4 tbls.                                      Lemon juice
3/4 cup                                    Unsalted butter, room temp
3/4 cup                                    Honey
1/4 cup                                    Sugar
3                                              Eggs, room temp



Pre-heat oven to 375. Line a standard muffin pan with cupcake liners. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a small bowl, whisk together sour cream, milk, and lemon juice. In a stand mixer with fitted paddle, cream together butter, sugar, and honey. Add eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. Scrape down sides of bowl and add flour mixture alternately with sour cream mixture until fully incorporated. Drop into cupcake liners with a spoon (mixture will be bread-dough-like consistency). Bake until done (toothpick comes out clean).

 Lavender-honey buttercream:

1 cup                                            Unsalted butter, room temp
4 cups                                           Powdered sugar
1 tsp. (or to taste)                         Lavender extract
2 tbls.                                           Honey
                                                     (Purple food coloring if preferred) 



In a stand mixer with fitted paddle, cream butter until lightened. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time until fully incorporated. Beat in extract and honey. (Add Tablespoon(s) of milk if needed for desired consistency.)