1 cup buttermilk
1/4 tsp. baking soda
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 cups sugar
1 cup shortening (Crisco)
6 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. lemon extract
2 tbsp. finely chopped dried lavender flowers

Preheat oven to 350°F. Combine buttermilk and baking soda and set aside.

Cream together sugar and shortening. Add eggs, one at a time to sugar mixture. Add salt, lemon extract and lavender. Mix buttermilk and flour, alternating with a little of each until all ingredients are combined.

Bake at 350°F for about one hour and 10 minutes. You can put in an Angel food cake pan or 2 loaf pans.

Dust with powdered sugar or glaze.

Submitted by: Jonie McVay