**blush**

Thank you very much, my Dear. I don’t know quite what to say.

I think I’ll go and hide now.

**blush**

j

The texture of that lavender loaf cake looks amazing - so dense, yet so light! Great-looking dish, and a lovely praise of Jasmine

what a nice way to say “thank you”!

so sweet. Your lavender cake looks so delicious.

What a lovely lady Jasmine is

Great cake too!

KJxx

The food here is always purrrtty.

hi there. try pharmacies - the usually stock organic lavender and dried rosepedals. good luck! PS: your cake looks luuuuuuvely!

I love the idea of bloggers sending each other local products that the other one doesn’t have. We should all do some sort of swap one time.

I agree that Jasmine is special!
Beautiful photographs with such a lovely spray of lavender…

Looks yummy, Ivonne!

Just a tip - you can get organic lavender from the spice area of any Noah’s Natural Foods (there are several in the city):
http://www.noahsnaturalfoods.ca/

I use Noah’s all the time to source items for baking, particularly organics. Hope that helps!

A nice cake and great pictures! That was kind of her…

Very fun. I am so looking forward to meeting Jasmine at the Blogher conference. She seems like such a great person.

Thank you for this recipe! I bought a tube of dried lavender on a whim and haven’t used it yet! Looks like I will be baking these up to take to my parent’s house!
Thanks!

And I’d like to thank Jasmine, too! I’m on a bit of a lavender kick at the moment, so a cake recipe is great!
India

I totally agree with you… I met so many nice people through my blog.
Very nice recipe… I never tried lavander with cakes…
Ciao.

This sounds and looks wonderful!

Oh! My mother just sent me a BOX of lavender from her garden. I’ll have to try this.

I often complain about not being able to find ingredients, but they are usually things that are easy to find everywhere else - like arugula and shallots!

Your cake is gorgeous!

Ivonne, I have just written something similar on Peabody’s blog and I’ll say it again because I truly believe in it: foodbloggers are the best!
I’ve met so many wonderful, giving and caring people through blogging that it amazes me. I can see you have, too!

The cakes are lovely and look delicious!

I love the sharing that goes on in the blogging world! Your cake looks wonderful. What a great way to use the lavendar!

Those cakes look delicious, I love the use of lavender!

You may want to add an organic lavender plant to your garden. They are very hardy and will come back annually.
One good prospect are the Grassroots organic shops, in the Annex or on the Danforth. It may be the end of their live plant season soon though … Thanks for your hard work on your blog!

How nice of her and sweet of you…I know what you mean by blogging generosity. I have experienced it myself thanks to you and a few other DBs and I am still trying to send the appropriate “thank you”.
Beautiful cake!

Lovely cake, my friend.. it looks so moist!

Question - just what does lavendar taste like? I’m growing it again for the 3rd time - and as they say, 3rd time is the charm for it’s finally loving the new spot I planted it in this summer and it’s flourishing. I’d like to use the flowers in my baking, but I’ve always wondered - do they lend flavor or is it just the aroma that’s in the final product?

As for Jasmine - I couldn’t agree more. I’ve finally bought cardamom, without having any idea what to do with it - just knowing I wanted to try it, so I asked her advice and she came through with flying colors for me. I am looking forward to the day I can put aside to bake one of her suggestions. Yay!

And how sweet are you for baking these for her? What a lovely “Thank You!” =)

xoxo

The lavender cake looks gorgeous and I have to agree about the food blogging community - they are wonderful people.

A nice treat for Jasmine, Ivonne. What a beautiful scent lavender is indeed! I just made lavender ice cream this morning, as a matter of fact

A heavenly cake makes for a lovely thank you! Lavender is a joy to bake with.

What a love gift for Jasmine for her generousity! Food bloggers sure are a wonderful bunch…

I’m so jealous of Jasmine…

Thanks for the inspirational recipe. I have some lovely lavendar blooming at the moment and a brand new stove and decided I wanted to try my hand at baking a Lemon and Lavendar pound cake. It has turned out really lovely!! Thanks for the inspiration!!

Lucky you, you have got to love the wonderful people of the food blogging community.

What a wonderful recipe~I adore any lavender. I cook with it often, but will want to try this recipe out! Yuor photos are superb!

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Ivonne, I’m not positive it’s organic, but I know there’s a florist in the St. Lawrence Market that sells lavender. I’ve bought from them a few times. I’ll try to remember to check it out next time I’m there. Love your lavender loaf. If you love lavender, you should make your way to Kensington Market Organic Ice Cream. They make a blueberry lavender ice cream that’s fantastic. Of course, the alternative is just to add some blueberries to this loaf now that blueberry season will soon be upon us.

What a lovely tribute! I’m sure no one deserves it more than Jasmine. I, too, would love to meet her some day.
The texture of this cake is really amazing. It looks well-packed but not heavy and dry (not that you could make a bad cake even if you tried). The lavender is an inspired touch.

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