This week I took inspiration from Constellation Inspiration’s creations of combining flowers with cakes (but I wasn’t listening to Drake. My daughter’s Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes was playing in the background. Lol!).
I love the beauty in putting both together. I just started using flowers with my baking for pictures. It really made a the pictures come alive and adds so much to them.
So, I decided to make a Chocolate Layer Cake with Lavender Buttercream. I used a lavender syrup to the frosting.
Using flower syrups in food can be a bit much if you add the wrong amount. It can be very overpowering. I just added about 2 teaspoons. You can add more or less depending on your taste.
I also used a light purple food gel to color the vanilla frosting. The color and and the flavoring made such a beautiful and delicious frosting and cake.
Chocolate Layer Cake with Lavender Buttercream
Ingredients
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 3/4 cups flour
- 1 1/4 cup dark cocoa
- 2 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 3/4 cup oil
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1 cup boiling water
Frosting
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp heavy cream or milk
- lavender food gel
- 2 tsp lavender syrup
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour three 9-inch round baking pans.Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.Bake 30 to 35 minutes
Frosting
- Beat butter and shortening. Add powdered sugar, salt, and heavy cream and beat again. Add food gel and lavender. Frost the cake layers, then frost the whole cake. Decorate with flowers.
Veronica
June 16, 2018 at 1:20 pmMy goodness this cake is gorgeous!!! Lavender is one of my favorite flavors in desserts and drinks so I will definitely be trying this out