Lavender Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
6 large egg yolks
3 1/2 cups cake flour
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons finely chopped lavender flowers

Preparation

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter and lightly flour a 13x9x2\" baking pan.
In a mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in egg yolks one at a time.
On low speed, add cake flour alternately with milk.
Beat in baking powder and vanilla.
Beat in lavender flowers.
Pour into prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes at 350 degrees, until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan for 15 minutes, then turn out on to a pretty platter and cool completely.