Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup Nektar Honey Crystals
  • 1 1/4 cups cake flour
  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 6 egg whites
  • 1 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 3 1/4 sticks of unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon lavender extract
  • Purple food coloring

Instructions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare three 8″ pans with parchment.
  2. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine butter, sugar and oil on a low speed until just combined. About 1 minute.
  3. Add eggs and vanilla on medium/low speed. Mix until combined.
  4. Add flours, salt, baking powder and Nektar Honey Crystals. Mix on a low speed until just combined. Do not over mix.
  5. Slowly stream in buttermilk. Mix until combined.
  6. Divide batter evenly between three pans. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
  7. Set pans on a cooling rack to cool.
  8. Combine egg whites and sugar in the heatproof bowl and place over a pan of simmering water.
  9. Whisk constantly with a whisk until sugar has dissolved and the mixture is warm to the touch.
  10. Put mixture in a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment. Whisk on high speed until stiff speaks form. The mixture should be fluffy and glossy, and completely cool. (About 10 minutes)
  11. Put the mixer on low-medium speed, and add butter a little at a time. Once all the butter has been added, add vanilla extract, lavender extract and a drop of purple food coloring. Increase the speed of the mixer to high. Let mix for 3-5 minutes.

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