How to make Lavender Sugar

I know what you’re thinking – lavender smells like old ladies (not that there’s anything wrong with old ladies!). But I promise you lavender sugar tastes just great when used to make cakes and biscuits, and makes a fantastic alternative to vanilla sugar. What’s more, the main ingredient is free if you happen to have any lavender growing in your garden nearby.

Lavender Sugar Picture

Lavender Sugar - perfect for cakes

I’ve been mumbling about making lavender sugar for a few weeks now, when I saw the flowers beginning to open up on the lavender growing on pretty much every street in the neighbourhood. There’s just one problem – we don’t have any lavender of our own, cue mission: lavender stealing – possibly the world’s most uncool pastime.

Local neighbours’ front gardens now raided under the cover of darkness (OK, I’m lying – I couldn’t be bothered waiting that long, so did it early evening, after a bit of a peer around to make sure no-one was looking), here’s my method for making lavender sugar. You’ll love it, I promise.

Another Lavender Sugar Picture

More Lavender Sugar

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Recipe: Lavender Sugar

Lavender sugar is delicious used in cupcakes and similar, or can be sprinkled sparingly onto shortbread for a fantastic and different flavour.

Ingredients

  • 1kg Caster / Granulated Sugar
  • 3 tbsp lavender flowers

Method

  1. Use a fork to remove the fresh lavender flowers / buds from the stem
  2. Mix together with the sugar
  3. Empty into jars
  4. A couple of weeks later, you can sift the sugar to remove the lavender flowers – the sugar will by now have taken on the flavour and smell.

Quick notes

This sugar will last for months just like any other sugar, so makes a great and pretty present for many occasions.

Preparation time: 10 minute(s)

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  • http://twitter.com/presentsqueen Helen Tarver

    Thanks for this, off to examine the lavender now…if only to see if any has gone missing!

    • http://www.realepicurean.com/ Scott

      If there is any missing…it wasn’t me ;-)

    • http://www.realepicurean.com/ Scott

      If there is any missing…it wasn’t me ;-)

  • http://thymeforcookingblog.com Katie

    I am determined to get lavender to grow… For some reason it never does well for me.  Next year, we try again.  This year, I’l go exploring….

    • http://www.realepicurean.com/ Scott

      I planted a lavender last year which is also dead, but I’m blaming that on the unusually cold -20c winter we had in England this year.

    • http://www.realepicurean.com/ Scott

      I planted a lavender last year which is also dead, but I’m blaming that on the unusually cold -20c winter we had in England this year.

  • mycookinghut

    Lovely!

    • http://www.realepicurean.com/ Scott

      Thanks :-)

  • http://rememberthepudding.com rememberthepudding

    Love this!! My lavender hasn’t flowered since the spring, but the next time I see purple I’ll be making this.

    • http://www.realepicurean.com/ Scott

      I find that plants which really shouldn’t often flower twice…Maybe you’re just unlucky :-(