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Strawberry Shortcake

Recipe by Jenn Giam Smith

  • Total Time1 hour
  • Yield8 people 1x

This is a from-scratch strawberry shortcake recipe featuring fresh whipped cream, juicy strawberries, and a homemade old-fashioned sugar cake as the base instead of angel food cake or biscuits.

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Ingredients

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Shortcake

  • 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  • 1 cup 2% milk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons corn starch
  • 1 1/2 cups cane sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 2 large eggs

Strawberries (in "syrup") Optional (see NOTES 1)

  • 7 strawberries cubed or sliced
  • 2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Strawberry Shortcake

  • Sugar Cake
  • Strawberries in syrup
  • Whipped Cream Store-bought or Homemade (If you've never made whipped cream before, check out How to Make Whipped Cream from Scratch. I go over every detail of how to make whipped cream and the 3 different stages your whipped cream can look like.)

Instructions

The Sugar Cake

  1. Mix together the eggs, vanilla extract, vegetable shortening, and 2% milk for about 3 minutes, (it will look like small curd cottage cheese.)
  2. Add the cane sugar and continue mixing.
  3. Sift into the bowl: the all purpose flour, corn starch, baking powder, and sea salt. Blend together until just combined.
  4. Use a spatula to finish combining and leftover all purpose flour. You’ll see some clumps of shortening and that’s OK.
  5. Then pour the batter into a greased (use the vegetable shortening) cast iron pan (see NOTES 2)
  6. Bake for 40-45 minutes, using a toothpick/fork inserted in the center to test for doneness. It should come out clean.
  7. Let cool in the pan, on a wire rack for at least 45 minutes before serving. Once cool enough to handle, you can transfer it to a plate/platter of your choice or serve it in the cast iron.

Strawberries (optional)

  1. Mix together the strawberries and the powdered sugar together until you see the powdered sugar “disappear” and liquid start to show from the strawberries. Set aside.

Assembling the Strawberry Shortcake

  1. Dust with powdered sugar(see NOTES 3)
  2. Dollop whipped cream then strawberries in syrup/sliced strawberries on top in the center. (see NOTES 4)

Equipment

Notes

  1. You could just simply slice strawberries and serve them with whipped cream. This is my preferred way, but the other way is also good.
  2. Butter and flour can be used as well. DO NOT use release spray.
  3. This is a fun part for kids to do.
  4. I like to have the extra on the side for each person to top their own slice with as well.
  • Prep Time: 15 minutes
  • Cook Time: 45 minutes
  • Category: Dessert

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