Lavender & Lemon Irish Soda Bread

0 Preheat oven to 375°F.
1 Spray 8-inch-diameter cake pan with nonstick spray, or butter it. Or just use parchment on a cookie sheet. This bread is super forgiving.
2 Whisk flour, sugar, lemon zest/peel, lavender buds, salt, and baking soda in large bowl to blend. 
3 Grate butter into the dry ingredients.
4 Mix with a fork until the butter is evenly mixed in the dry ingredients.
5 Make well in center of flour mixture.
6 Mix the buttermilk, lemon juice, and vanilla.
7 Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture.
8 Stir to blend.
9 Using floured hands, shape dough into ball.
10 Transfer to prepared pan and flatten slightly.
11 Cut a cross shape in top of dough.
12 Sprinkle dough with sugar.
13 Bake bread until brown and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 30 to 40 minutes.
14 Cool bread 10 minutes.