Well, strawberries are still a great deal where I live so I HAD to make some yummy strawberry shortcake for you. Now you can use angel food cake---but I want to remind you of how it was done “back in the day”. Sometimes the old fashioned way is not the easiest way, but I guarantee that it is usually the most delicious way. I make the cake into cupcakes to provide a fun presentation for each individual serving, but you can make it in a square or rectangular cake pan and cut the servings into squares. You can even make the strawberry shortcake into a 2 or 3 tiered extravaganza by baking the cake into rounds and then slicing those into thinner layers that you sandwich in between the strawberries and whipped cream! Surprise your family tonight with this refreshing dessert!
Ingredients: For the Cake
2 cups plus 2 T. flour
½ t. salt
4 t. baking powder
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup melted butter
2 unbeaten eggs
2 t. vanilla
Milk
Instructions: For the Cake
*Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder and sugar
*Place the melted butter, eggs and vanilla into a 2 cup measuring cup—THEN—fill the rest of the way to the 2 cup mark with milk.
*Add to the flour mixture and beat with an electric mixer at high speed for 1 minute and then reduce speed until batter is well combined.
*Pour into lined cupcake tins. Bake at 350 degrees until golden.
Instructions for Strawberries:
*Wash strawberries and slice off the green portion.
*Slice strawberries into small pieces and place in a glass bowl.
*Sprinkle with sugar (approximately ¼ cup per 2 cups of berries)
*Cover and place in the refrigerator until ready to use. This allows the strawberries time to macerate, which is the process of letting the berries soften and release their juices.
Instructions for whipping the cream:
*Pour carton of heavy cream (whipping cream) into a mixing bowl.
*Beat the cream at top speed with an electric mixer while adding a few tablespoons of powdered sugar in (the amount depends on taste and on how much whipping cream you are making).
*Beat until cream thickens and peaks form. Be careful not to mix too long or you will be making buttermilk. Taste to see if you want to add more sugar or a touch of vanilla.
Instructions for Assembling Strawberry Shortcake: if making individual servings
*Split the cupcake in half and lay one half into a serving dish
*Spoon macerated strawberries on top of cake.
*Place a spoonful of whipped cream on top of strawberries.
*Repeat layers with the other half of the cupcake, strawberries and whipped cream.
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