Strawberry Shortcake

Name: Strawberry Shortcake
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups plain flour; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 115g cold butter, cubed; 3/4 cup heavy cream; 500g strawberries, sliced; 3 tbsp sugar; 2 cups heavy cream, whipped; 3 tbsp icing sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Layers of flaky shortcake biscuit, whipped cream and macerated strawberries. Tossing the strawberries with sugar and letting them rest for 30 minutes draws out their juices, turning them syrupy enough to soak into the shortcake rather than sitting on top dry.

Total time

55 min

Prep

40 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

2 cupsplain flour

2 tbspsugar

1 tbspbaking powder

1/2 tspsalt

115gcold butter, cubed

3/4 cupheavy cream

500gstrawberries, sliced

3 tbspsugar

2 cupsheavy cream, whipped

3 tbspicing sugar

1 tspvanilla extract

Instructions

Make shortcakes: mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Rub in butter. Add cream.

Drop 6 mounds onto lined tray. Bake at 220°C for 15 minutes.

Toss strawberries with sugar. Rest 30 minutes until juicy.

Whip cream with icing sugar and vanilla.

Split shortcakes. Layer with cream and strawberries.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1115

Protein

11g

Fat

82.8g

Carbs

84.4g

Fiber

4.2g

Sodium

641mg

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