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Home » Baking Recipes » Cake » Layer Cakes » Lavender Honey Cake with Lemon & Honey Cream Cheese Icing

Lavender Honey Cake with Lemon & Honey Cream Cheese Icing

22nd March 2017 by Choclette Filed Under: HealthyFry, Layer Cakes

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A beautifully textured cake with lavender tones, honey notes and a scent of lemon. A fresh spring or summer sponge that can be decorated with whatever edible flowers are in season. This lavender honey cake makes an ideal Mother’s Day cake too.

Lavender Honey Cake

Mother’s Day Cake

Mother’s Day is fast approaching and I can’t help but think of cake. I feel something light and spring like is needed. 

I’ve been seeing a lot of honey cakes over the web recently and it’s given me a yen for making one. There’s something so delicious in the word honey cake; it conjures up many good things and I wanted a piece of the action. I know, how about a lavender honey cake scented with lemon and smothered in honey cream cheese icing? Sorted.

Lavender Honey Cake

I was keen for my cake to be light and spring like as befits a March Mothering Sunday. It needed something floral: lavender I thought. Most years, I collect a few lavender buds from my garden for culinary purposes – you just never know when you might need some. I checked the cupboard, and yes, I still had plenty in the jar.

Cornish Heather Honey

To echo the floral notes of lavender I decided to open a treasured jar of Cornish heather honey. The best honey in Cornwall comes from the Lizard where Cornish heather flourishes and the bees fly low. It’s really quite distinctive and you don’t need a lot for the flavour to permeate a cake.

Double Rainbow

As I look out of my window at a brightly hued double rainbow, which has emerged after the latest downpour, I feel the promise of balmy summer days spent strolling around Britain’s most southerly Peninsula.

Lavender Honey Cake

Back to my lavender honey cake. All I needed was some zesty lemon to lift it and a light but delicious icing to fill and top it. The result was everything I was hoping for, apart from a little charring around the edges. ahem!

The sponge was light and not too sweet. It had subtle tones of lavender, notes of honey and a scent of lemon. The lemon & honey cream cheese icing was so delicious it nearly didn’t make it to the cake at all. Again, it wasn’t overly sweet and it complemented the cake beautifully.

Lavender Honey Cake

If you’re wondering what cake to make for your mother on Sunday or even if you should bake one at all, I urge you to give this one a go. And if you have a jar of lavender honey lying around, so much the better.

Other Mother’s Day Cake Recipes You Might Like

  • Chocolate coconut cannellini cake via Tin and Thyme
  • Chocolate violet fancies via Lavender and Lovage
  • Clementine cake via Kavey Eats
  • Lavender chocolate goose egg cake via Tin and Thyme
  • Lemon drizzle layer cake via Baking Queen
  • Marmalade runeberg cakes via Tin and Thyme
  • Mini chocolate and orange marble bundt cakes via Belleau Kitchen
  • Mini lemon drizzle pound cakes via Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary
  • Orange pistachio and honey polenta cake via Easy Peasy Foodie

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Choclette x

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Lavender Honey Cake with a Scent of Lemon & Honey Cream Cheese Icing

A beautifully textured cake with lavender tones, honey notes and a scent of lemon. A fresh spring or summer sponge that can be decorated with whatever edible flowers are in season. An ideal Mother's Day cake.
Prep Time30 mins
Cook Time35 mins
Total Time1 hr 5 mins
Course: Afternoon Tea, Dessert
Cuisine: British
Keyword: cake, cream cheese, honey, lavender, lemons, spring
Servings: 6 slices
Calories: 360kcal
Author: Choclette @ Tin and Thyme

Ingredients

Lavender Honey Cake

  • 100 g golden granulated or caster sugar
  • 1 scant tsp lavender buds
  • 100 g unsalted butter
  • 1 tbsp strong floral honey
  • ½ lemon
  • 2 medium eggs
  • 150 g spelt flour half white, half wholemeal
  • 1 round tsp baking powder
  • 1 heaped tbsp natural yoghurt
  • 2 tbsp water

Honey Cream Cheese Icing

  • 125 ml double cream
  • 75 g cream cheese
  • 1 tsp strong floral honey
  • 40 g icing sugar
  • ½ lemon

Instructions

Lavender Honey Cake

  • Blitz the sugar and lavender together in a power blender or coffee grinder. Or grind in a pestle and mortar.
  • Cream the sugar, honey and butter together until light and creamy.
  • Grate in the lemon zest and cream a bit more.
  • Beat in the eggs one by one.
  • Sieve in half the flour with the baking powder and stir. Add the yoghurt and water and stir until just combined. Sieve in the remaining flour and stir in along with a squeeze of lemon juice until just combined.
  • Spoon the mixture into a 15 cm / 6″ greased and lined deep round tin.
  • Bake in a pre-warmed oven at 180℃ (350℉, Gas 4) for about 35 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out more or less clean. I used my Optimum HealthyFry air fryer.
  • Cool in the tin for 10 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Honey Cream Cheese Icing

  • Whip the cream in a bowl until just holding its shape.
  • Grate the lemon zest and add to the bowl.
  • Add the cream cheese, honey, icing sugar and a squeeze of lemon. Whip again until everything is well mixed and holds its shape.
  • Cut the cooled cake in half and spread half of the mixture over one half. Cover with the other half and spread the remaining mixture over the top.
  • Decorate with seasonal edible flowers or sugar flowers.

Notes

Makes one small 15cm cake which serves 6 people.
Lavender needs to be used with caution. It can taste soapy and overpowering if too much is used.

Nutrition

Calories: 360kcal
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I’m linking my lavender honey cake up to Cook Blog Share at Easy Peasy Foodie this week.

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  1. blankToby says

    23rd June 2020 at 2:01 am

    So, I’m guessing that to make a two-layered cake like the one pictured in all of your photos, you’d have to double this recipe? The rest of the recipe was easy to follow, I just wish it mentioned that you would not get the cake pictured by following the recipe, or I would have purchased more ingredients.

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      23rd June 2020 at 8:27 am

      Hi Toby – there should have been enough ingredients for a two layered cake if you used the tin size I stated in the recipe. It’s a small cake and needs to be baked in a 15cm (6″) deep round tin. When it’s cooked and cooled, you then cut it in half to create two layers. If you want to make a larger cake, then yes, you’d need to double the recipe.

      Reply
  2. blankChelsey Smith says

    28th October 2019 at 10:36 pm

    I’m baking this now. Do you store in refrigerator?

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      29th October 2019 at 7:52 am

      Hi Chelsea. Personally, I don’t store cakes in the refrigerator as I think it makes them go a bit tough and they don’t taste as nice cold. This will keep in an air tight container for 2-3 days. But because of the cream cheese frosting, you might want to keep it in the fridge if you’re keeping it for longer than a couple of days.

      Reply
  3. blankJanice says

    11th June 2017 at 6:31 pm

    I just love using my HealthyFry for baking, it’s so convenient.

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      11th June 2017 at 7:57 pm

      Me too, though I’ve been without one for a couple of months. Must get on to sorting it out.

      Reply
  4. blankKate | Veggie Desserts says

    28th April 2017 at 6:46 pm

    How incredible that you made it in the HealthyFry! I love the flavours in this cake. So perfect for Mother’s Day and any other day 🙂

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      28th April 2017 at 9:07 pm

      Thanks Kate. It’s not the most obvious thing to me making in an air fryer for sure, but it works brilliantly.

      Reply
  5. blankCathy @ Planet Veggie says

    28th April 2017 at 12:53 pm

    Just the name of this cake makes me think of spring days and sunny skies – so evocative!

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      28th April 2017 at 9:09 pm

      Aw thanks Cathy. That was the general idea 😀

      Reply
  6. blankSarah James @ Tales From The Kitchen Shed says

    26th March 2017 at 8:55 pm

    What a beautiful cake Choclette. I love honey in a cake and I bet it’s delicious with the lavender.

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      28th March 2017 at 9:51 am

      Thanks Sarah. Honey gives such a good flavour to baking, I really should use it more often.

      Reply
  7. blankEb Gargano says

    25th March 2017 at 4:08 pm

    Yes please! This is so my kind of cake. I love honey cakes and all things flavoured with lavender! Such pretty decoration too 🙂 Thanks for mentioning my cake and thanks for linking up with #CookBlogShare 🙂 Eb x

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      28th March 2017 at 9:55 am

      Thanks Eb. Fresh flowers are such an easy but effective way to decorate a cake – as long as there are flowers to be had of course 🙂

      Reply
  8. blankKate - gluten free alchemist says

    25th March 2017 at 10:20 am

    Beautiful cake and perfect for Mothers Day. Lavender and Honey sounds an amazing combination and sure confirmation that warmer weather is on its way xx

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      28th March 2017 at 9:58 am

      Thanks Kate. This is the first time I’ve tried lavender and honey together (I think) and it turns out it’s a lovely mix. Yay, spring is most definitely here. These last few days I’ve even been complaining that I’m too hot – shhh!

      Reply
  9. blankKirsty Hijacked By Twins says

    24th March 2017 at 10:48 am

    Oh my, this cake sounds amazing. I love adding lavender to bakes. Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      28th March 2017 at 10:00 am

      Thanks Kirsty. Less is more with lavender I reckon, but get it right and it works wonderfully in baking.

      Reply
  10. blankJohanna @ Green Gourmet Giraffe says

    24th March 2017 at 2:20 am

    What beautiful photos – I would love a slice or even to be able to make impressive layer cakes like that.

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      28th March 2017 at 10:01 am

      Aw thanks Johanna. Of course you can make layer cakes, you’re far more adept at cake decoration than me.

      Reply
  11. blankLeigh at Fashion Du Jour LDN says

    23rd March 2017 at 3:38 pm

    This is perfect for Mother’s Day! Love the flower decoration – hello Spring!

    Thanks for sharing!
    Leigh at Fashion Du Jour LDN x

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      28th March 2017 at 10:01 am

      Mother’s Day is the perfect opportunity to welcome in the spring 🙂

      Reply
  12. blankErica Price says

    23rd March 2017 at 2:57 pm

    I do like the sound of cooking with lavender and it seems the perfect flavouring for Mother’s Day.

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      28th March 2017 at 10:02 am

      Thanks Erica. It can be tricky getting it right with lavender. Too much and everything tastes soapy! Luckily I think I got it right 🙂

      Reply
  13. blankjacqui bellefontaine says

    23rd March 2017 at 1:50 pm

    Oh this cake looks absolutely delicious and so pretty.

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      28th March 2017 at 10:03 am

      Thanks very much Jacqui. Flowers are wonderful things 🙂

      Reply
  14. blankjenny walters says

    23rd March 2017 at 6:41 am

    What a beautiful cake .It sounds delicious too. Quintessentially English x

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      23rd March 2017 at 7:20 am

      Thanks Jenny. Yes exactly, that’s why I thought it would be a good cake for Mother’s Day 🙂

      Reply
  15. blankCorina says

    22nd March 2017 at 8:23 pm

    What a beautiful cake! It sounds just perfect for mothers day but what I really like the sound of is that gorgeous icing on the top!

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      22nd March 2017 at 9:29 pm

      That gorgeous icing really is “the icing on the cake” 🙂

      Reply
  16. blankSus // roughmeasures.com says

    22nd March 2017 at 3:18 pm

    This really does sounds like a wonderful cake perfect to celebrate Mother’s Day with!

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      22nd March 2017 at 9:30 pm

      Thanks Sus. If only my mother had been lucky enough to get any 😉

      Reply
  17. blankChris @thinlyspread says

    22nd March 2017 at 1:13 pm

    Oh great minds think alike! I have a mother’s day cake topped with primroses which is popping up on TS on Sunday, they are so pretty aren’t they?! Lavender and honey are a marriage made in heaven, this sounds divine!

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      22nd March 2017 at 2:52 pm

      Primroses come out at just the right time in order to grace Mother’s Day I reckon. Look forward to seeing your cake.

      Reply
  18. blankAndrea @ The Petite Cook says

    22nd March 2017 at 12:30 pm

    Lavander cake sounds subliminal Choclette! And it’s also super pretty, I bet it would make any mum happy 🙂

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      22nd March 2017 at 2:51 pm

      Thanks Andrea. It’s a lush cake and if only my mum had got a look in, I think she would very much have liked it 😉

      Reply
  19. blank[email protected]'s Recipes says

    22nd March 2017 at 11:22 am

    That looks so springy and beautiful! I love the simple yet chic deco of this layered cake. Well done, Choclette.

    Reply
    • blankChoclette says

      22nd March 2017 at 1:27 pm

      Aw thanks Angie. I love it when my cake are called chic 🙂

      Reply

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