Ok, so I Cheated, Lavender Pound Cake

Name: Ok, so I Cheated, Lavender Pound Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 1 cake, 10-12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 (18 ounce) box poundcake mix (such as Betty Crocker); 3/4 cup water (or milk if you prefer); 2 eggs; 2 -3 drops lavender oil, organic preferred; 1 tablespoon dried lavender blossoms; 6 ounces white chocolate chips; 1 tablespoon grenadine; 1 tablespoon heavy cream

Submitted by Glori-B

"Ridiculously simple preparation with incredibly elegant flavor. Like a vacation to a slower, more gentle time. Just picture yourself on the porch of an old Victorian mansion. This cake is lovely with a cup of tea, or some lavender lemonade."

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Ready In:: 1hr 15mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 1 cake
Serves:: 10-12

ingredients

Cake
1 (18 ounce) box poundcake mix (such as Betty Crocker)
³⁄₄ cup water (or milk if you prefer)
2 eggs
2 -3 drops lavender oil, organic preferred
1 tablespoon dried lavender blossoms
Icing
6 ounces white chocolate chips
1 tablespoon grenadine
1 tablespoon heavy cream

directions

Rinse the lavender blossoms in cold water and set aside.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare bundt pan with spray-on oil or Baker's Joy.
Combine cake mix, water (or milk) and eggs together and beat for approximately 3 minutes.
Add the lavender blossoms and lavender essential oil and mix well.
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake about 40-45 minutes.
let cake cool about 10 minutes, then turn cake out of pan onto wire rack. Cool cake completely.
While the cake cools -- bring water to boil in a saucepan.
Place the white chocolate chips in a metal bowl and place it atop the saucepan of boiling water to melt the chips, stirring frequently until melted and smooth.
Whisk in the grenadine and cream.
Drizzle warm icing over cooled cake with spoon or whisk.

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Reviews

Made this today for a family gathering and it was a huge hit! Using the Betty Crocker pound cake mix, I added only a teaspoon of dried lavender blossoms and three drops of organic lavender oil. It had enough lavender taste for the women, but not enough to scare off the men! The only change that I would make is the elimination of the grenadine; it made the frosting too pink. I'd use 2 T heavy cream with the chips. I did use lavender colored sprinkles, which would look even better with the white frosting. Thank you so much for posting this!

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Glori-B

United States

I'm happy when I don't rub people the wrong way -- I'm a licensed massage therapist! Twenty years ago, at a cross-road in my life, I had a good sit-down talk with me and decided that my two passions in life were people, and helping them feel better ... and cooking. Just five days after that, a tiny ad in the local paper announced that Massage School started on Monday; so on that Monday in Sept. 1990 a new chapter started in my life. It was like learning a foreign language. Do you know where your olecranon process is? I met Mr. Wonderful in February of 1992 and we married 82 days later. (Who? Me impulsive??) He's still my Mr. Wonderful. In regards to cooking, he's my strongest supporter ... and toughest critic. When we first met, it was Mr. Meat and Potatoes meets Little Miss Vegetarian. In an effort to learn how to live together, we developed this plan: Thursdays became experimental food day. I would cook something that neither one of us had ever had before (so there would be no emotional attachment for either of us) and we would critique it. The deal was that if either of us found that meal gag-worthy, we would eat at McDonald's. I am happy to report, we have not darkened their door yet! Out of those experiments came our most favorite recipes. Ours is a blended family and between us we have three sons: an architect in CA, a computer programmer in FL and an Emergency Room MD in TX. We are blessed with three lovely daughters-in-law [the architect just married an interior decorator! A blessing on their heads, Mazel Tov, Mazel Tov!!] and three very hug-able grandchildren (18 y/o boy, 13 y/o girl and 11 y/o girl.) We are both very active in our congregation. If you like, check us out at http://www.kolhamashiach.org. We teach as well as other avenues of ministry (think: sanitation and maintenance!) ... Fun around here includes ministering ;) at the local department stores; cooking; and discussing Torah. It's not unusual to find half a dozen people around our dining room table in a good natured but animated discussion! Of course there's food ... for body and soul! 8726471"

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