This strawberry shortcake recipe is a split biscuit with macerated berries and whipped cream. It is not a strawberry layer cake and not an icebox cake.
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Strawberry Shortcake
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
Strawberry shortcake with biscuits and cream. From Alissa at Yummy Dishes.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds (900g) strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 1/4 cup (50g) sugar, for the berries
- 2 cups (250g) flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons (85g) cold butter
- 3/4 cup (180ml) cold buttermilk
- 1 1/2 cups (360ml) cold heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla, for the cream
Instructions
- Toss strawberries with sugar and rest 20 minutes.
- Heat the oven to 425°F (220°C). Cut butter into the dry ingredients. Stir in buttermilk until a shaggy dough forms. Pat to 1 inch thick and cut 6 rounds.
- Bake 14 to 16 minutes until the tops are golden. Cool 10 minutes and split.
- Whip the cream with sugar and vanilla. Fill the biscuits with berries and cream.
Notes
A tender biscuit, not a sponge cake, is the shortcake on this page. Frozen berries work if you thaw and drain them first.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 16 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Biscuit, not sponge
Pound cake or angel food is a different dessert. This is a cream biscuit.
Substitutions
Heavy cream plus a teaspoon of lemon juice can stand in for buttermilk.
Mistakes to avoid
Overworking the dough makes tough cakes. Stop when the flour disappears.
Storage
Keep berries, cream, and biscuits separate. Assemble within an hour of serving.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 420 calories per shortcake. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Can I use a cake mix?
That becomes a different dessert. This page is biscuits.
How ripe should the berries be?
Fragrant and red through the center. Sugar pulls out the juice.
Make-ahead?
Bake the biscuits the morning of. Macerate berries an hour ahead.
Other fruit?
Peaches in summer follow the same biscuit. Keep this URL for strawberries.