Name: Lemon Verbena Cakes With A Strawberry Heart
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: For the lemon verbena cakes; 2 sprigs of lemon verbena or 2 tsp lemon verbena extract; 3 medium eggs, beaten; 175g/6oz unrefined golden caster sugar (eg Billington’s); 175g/6oz unsalted butter, softened; 175g/6oz self-raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp milk; Zest of 1 lemon; For the secret centre; 250g/9oz Gariguette strawberries, or others, rinsed and hulled; 2 tsp freshly chopped mint; Icing sugar, for dusting; For the vanilla cream; 250ml/9fl oz whipping cream; 50g/2oz golden unrefined icing sugar (eg Billington’s); 2 tsp Nielsen-Massey Pure Vanilla Bean Paste; 2 sprigs of lemon verbena or micro lemon thyme

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