Lemon Buttermilk Donuts with Honey Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients

• 1 cup (4 ounces) cake flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup (3.5 ounces) fine granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• zest of 1 medium lemon
• 2 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) unsalted butter, softened
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• small pinch fine sea salt
• 1 cup (4 ounces) powdered sugar, sifted
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 teaspoons milk
• pesticide-free edible flowers
• **sugar pearls
• ***nonpareils