This strawberry shortcake is made completely from scratch. Homemade shortcakes, homemade whipped cream. Just like strawberry shortcake should be.
Strawberries are everywhere during the summer and I fully take advantage of them! I love how sweet and juicy the summer berries are. When I was young I remember going with my grandma to pick all kinds of berries. Then we would go back to her home and she would make all kinds of jams and jellies. But my favorite thing was her homemade strawberry shortcake. No store-bought angel food cake, but freshly made sweetened biscuits topped with delicious berries and a dollop of barely sweetened whipped cream. Yum.
So I figured I’d share my recipe for strawberry shortcake with you. Fresh strawberries are a must and I often find that they are sweet enough on their own and don’t need much sugar, just enough to help make the strawberries juicy. I like to slice them because to me they look like little hearts, and heart make me happy. After slicing, sprinkle on the sugar and set aside.
THIS POST CONTAINS AFFILIATE LINKS, MEANING IF YOU CLICK ON A LINK AND BUY SOMETHING I MAY RECEIVE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE SALE AT NO COST TO YOU
The shortcake comes together quickly and only takes about 12 minutes to bake. The trick here is to use very cold butter and to cut it into small pieces and then blend it into the flour mixture with your finger tips until it appears mealy. Or you could use a pastry blender, if you have one. You can use a 3 inch round cookie cutter to cut the dough, but I just used a drinking glass. Actually, I usually just drop spoonfuls of dough on to the Silpat, and skip the cutting all together!
The whipped cream is the fun part. Since the strawberries and the shortcake are sweet, I typically use very little sweetener in the whipped cream. I do like to add a little vanilla extract to flavor it, and if I’m feeling in the mood, I’ll use almond extract! It takes about 5 minutes to whip up with a hand mixer and it’s well worth the time!
Strawberry Shortcake From Scratch
Ingredients
For the berries:
For the cake:
For the whipped cream:
Instructions
For the strawberries:
For the shortcake:
For the whipped cream:
Go ahead and serve your strawberry shortcake in a martini glass! (Oh my dog that one in the link is gorgeous!)
Feeling like a silly strawberry…
Pin this recipe!
Want more strawberry shortcake? Come see how I turned this amazing dessert in to a sweet frappé!
Wow – look how beautiful that is!! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up!
That does look good. I love whipped cream on all desserts.
Kathleen
Blogger’s Pit Stop
These parfaits look fantastic! I want one! Thanks for the recipe. Sharing on social media. Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! Hope to see ya next week!
Kim
Strawberry shortcake is one of my favorite desserts. Your present is beautiful.
This looks so yummy I just had to pin it! It looks like it wouldn’t take too long to make all up either?? I like the way you have presented it too 🙂
I’ve never thought of serving shortcake in clear glass! I always just plop everything into a bowl. Your way is so much prettier and more festive!
Oh my gosh. This looks so delicious. I have to make this ASAP!
#theswaylife
thank you for sharing this yumminess at TFT. Pinned and featured today xo
Oh, I want this right now! It looks SO good – thank you for linking up to last weeks Creative K Kids’ Tasty Tuesday don’t forget to link up to this weeks, if you haven’t done so already!
I love how light this is, it looks amazing. I pinned this one to my food. Thanks!