Old fashioned strawberry shortcake
Old fashioned strawberry shortcake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 quart strawberries
- 3 to 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
- Kirschwasser or framboise liqueur to taste, optional
- For the shortcake:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 egg yolks
- For the cream:
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 1 or 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional
- Softened butter, optional
Recipe method:
- To prepare the berries, wash, hull and either cut them in half or slice them.
- Toss with the sugar and optional kirschwasser. Do not let them stand more than several hours.
- To make shortcakes, into a mixing bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
- Add the butter and rub the dry ingredients with the butter between the fingertips until the mixture looks like coarse meal.
- In a small bowl, with a fork, beat the milk and egg yolks together.
- Add the liquid to the dry ingredients and, still with a fork, mix gingerly until the dough binds together.
- Onto a lightly greased or nonstick baking sheet, drop the dough off a large spoon, dividing the dough into 8 neat but irregular mounds.
- Space the shortcakes at least 2 inches apart.
- Bake in a preheated 425 degree F oven for about 15 minutes or until the biscuits are tinged with brown.
- While the shortcakes are in the oven, in a large bowl, whip the cream.
- When it is starting to mount, add a tablespoon or 2 of sugar and the optional vanilla.
- Whip just until the cream is thick but still loose enough to roll off a spoon.
- When the biscuits are done, let them cool a minute, then split them in half with a fork, as you would an English muffin.
- Butter the shortcakes lightly, if desired, placing the bottom of each biscuit on a serving plate.
- Cover with the berries and some of their juice, then the top halves of the biscuits.
- Spoon the whipped cream over each shortcake and top with a few more berries.
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