Sugared Lavender Cupcakes – Rogers Foods

Ingredients

• FOR SUGARED LAVENDER
• 1 egg white, whisked until frothy
• Sprigs edible dried lavender
• 1/2 cup superfine sugar
• FOR CUPCAKES
• 1 1/2 cups ROGERS FOODS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tsp. edible dried culinary lavender, ground in a spice grinder or crushed with mortar and pestle
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temp
• 2 large eggs, at room temp
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup whole milk, room temp or slightly warm
• FOR LAVENDER BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
• 1/4 cup whole milk
• 1 Tbsp dried culinary lavender
• 1 cup (227g) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3 1/2 cups (420g) powdered sugar
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp salt, or to taste
• 2-4 drops of purple food colouring