Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup  castor sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon Extract of Natural Culinary Lavender
• 4 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon zest
• 1/4 cup figs, chopped

Procedure

• Preheat the oven to 180C. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, lemon zest, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix the vegetable oil and sugar. Beat in the egg. Add lavender extract and lemon juice. Fold in the figs
• Alternate milk and the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing well after each addition. You should begin and end with the dry ingredients. Do not over mix.
• Pour the mixture into a 9×5 loaf pan. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Recipe & photograph by Shivesh Bhatia