INGREDIENTS

1½ cup (6 ounces) all purpose flour
¼ cup yellow cornmeal
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
6 tablespoons butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon lemon juice
½ cup buttermilk

PREPARATION

Preheat oven to 350ËšF. Combine dry ingredients. Cream butter, sugar, lemon zest until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mix until just blended. Add lemon juice. Fold in half the dry ingredients, then the buttermilk, then dry. Bake for about 35-40 minutes.

Stone Fruit compote:

INGREDIENTS

8 pieces stone fruit (peaches, plums, apricots, nectarines) cut into large pieces, pits reserved
1 sprig lemon basil
½ teaspoon lavender
Zest of 1 lemon
½ cup almond grappa
Sugar
2 tablespoons butter

PREPARATION

Smash pits and combine with lemon basil, lavender and lemon zest. Wrap in cheesecloth and add to grappa. Lightly dust fruit in sugar. Melt butter in saute pan, and add fruit and cook until lightly caramelized and beginning to soften. Remove from pan and add to grappa and sachet. Let marinate for at least an hour. Remove sachet and spoon compote over cake, ice cream, or buttered toast.

© Recipe courtesy of John Adler, franny’s