Recipe of the Week
Lavender Pound Cake

1 ½ cups unsalted butter
8 ounces of cream cheese
3 cups of lavender sugar
6 large eggs
4 teaspoons lavender extract (substitute vanilla)
3 cups flour
1/8 teaspoon salt

Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed until creamy.  Add sugar and beat
for another 5 minutes or until the mix is smooth and golden.  Add eggs, one at a
time.  Add extract.  Combine flour and salt and gradually add to egg mixture.  Beat
at low speed until blended.  Pour batter into a greased and floured 10” tube pan.  
Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into
the center comes out clean.  Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes.  
Remove from pan and cool thoroughly before serving.