Lemon-Lavender Tea Cake Recipe

Serve up the perfect spring dessert with tiny bundt cakes drizzled in a lemon glaze and sprinkled with loose lavender.
Lemon Lavender Tea Cakes

Top Tea Cakes with Loose Lavender

Sprinkle loose lavender onto the cakes with the lavender falling into the poured icing.

Photo by: Flynnside Out Productions

Flynnside Out Productions

Ingredients

For the Cake:

white or yellow cake mix
3 large eggs
zest of 1 lemon
1/2 cup oil
1 cup water
1 tablespoon dried lavender
1 tablespoon lemon extract

For the Lemon Glaze:

2 tablespoons honey
3/4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar, plus more for dusting
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour 10 individual mini bundt pans; tap out flour.

2. Using a mixer, add eggs and oil to a mixer bowl and beat until blended. Add cake mix, lemon extract, lemon zest and lavender, then beat for 4 minutes.

3. Pour cake batter into pans and bake for 21 minutes. You'll know they're ready when the cakes start to slightly separate or pull away from the sides of the pans.

4. Leave cakes in pans for 10 minutes to cool slightly, then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling. Flip cakes in an upright position as they cool.

5. When you're ready to serve, make lemon glaze by combining honey, confectioners' sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl.

6. Use a small spoon to drizzle glaze onto the cooled cakes, then top with a sprinkling of loose lavender.

Next Up

Springtime Melon Spritzer Recipe

Celebrate the season with a sweet and refreshing cocktail that mixes white wine, melons and gin.

How to Make Perfect Mini Naked Cakes

Treat guests to these scrumptious desserts that almost look too good to eat. Plus, they’re as easy to make as they are pretty.

Make These Sangria Ice Pops and Win Summer

What's better than sangria on a hot summer day? Frozen sangria! Made with white wine, fruit juices and chopped fruit, these refreshing treats will be a big hit at your next warm-weather gathering.

How to Make a Hot Chocolate Charcuterie Board

Whether hosting a dinner party, game night or looking for a special treat for the kids, you can’t go wrong with a big pot of hot cocoa served up with all the fixings, including candy, cookies and mounds of marshmallows.

Strawberry-Rhubarb Scones Recipe

Looking for the perfect recipe to celebrate rhubarb’s short season? Look no further! Strawberry-rhubarb scones are bursting with the sweet-tart flavors of spring. Buttermilk gives them richness, as well as a moist crumb that sets them apart from other scone recipes.

Spring Vegetable Frittata Recipe

Tender spring asparagus and fresh peas bring garden flavor to this cheesy frittata. Grab an extra carton of eggs at the farmer’s market while shopping for produce. This herby, eggy dish requires an entire dozen.

Roasted New Potatoes With Spring Herbs

Show off spring's harvest of new potatoes with bright flavors. These young potatoes have tender skins, so roast them unpeeled. A lemon and herb-infused olive oil drizzle brings a surprisingly light citrus note to this dish. Serve the potatoes on a bed of spring salad greens for additional herbaceous flavor.

Cocktail or Mocktail: Preserve Fresh Fruit as a Sippable Shrub

Got a bumper crop of berries? Lucky you! Learn how to turn fresh fruit into a centuries-old sip: a shrub, or drinking vinegar, that can be enjoyed as either a cocktail or an alcohol-free restorative. And, bonus, because shrubs rely on the juice extracted from fruit, you can use very ripe and even overripe fruit for maximum fruity flavor.

How to Make Marshmallow Spiderweb Croquembouche for Halloween

This tower of sweets may look complicated to make, but this easy recipe uses a shortcut with store-bought frozen profiteroles.

Arugula Salad With Homemade Orange Poppy Seed Dressing

Round out your springtime brunch with the ultimate light side: a garden-fresh, leafy green salad. Arugula and watercress are ideal for this healthy recipe as both are cool-weather crops harvested in spring, with a crisp, peppery flavor. Fresh orange slices, tart strawberries and sweet blueberries scattered on top harmonize well with the from-scratch orange-poppy seed vinaigrette. Sprinkle on blue cheese crumbles for a savory, creamy note.

More from:

HGTV Spring House

Go Shopping

Get product recommendations from HGTV editors, plus can’t-miss sales and deals.

On TV

Follow Us Everywhere

Join the party! Don't miss HGTV in your favorite social media feeds.