Lavender And Honey Cupcakes

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sweet butter, softened
• 1 cup superfine sugar
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/3 cup honey
• blue food coloring
• 2 tablespoons dried lavender flowers

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°; place 18 baking cups in muffin pans.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine all the cupcake ingredients; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and pale, about 2-3 minutes.
• 3 spoon batter into the cups; bake for 20 minutes or until tests done.
• 4 remove pans from oven and cool for 5 minutes; remove cupcakes to a rack; let cool completely.
• 5 to make the frosting: in a bowl, beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar with an electric mixer until light and creamy.
• 6 beat in honey and a few drops of food coloring; stir in half the lavender flowers.
• 7 spread the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes; sprinkle with the reserved lavender flowers.