Shortcake

Name: Shortcake
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; u00bd cup sugar, plus more for dusting; 3 teaspoons baking powder; u00bd teaspoon salt; 1 egg; u00bd cup butter; u00bd cup milk

By Leslie Blythe Cake, Dessert Baking

March 21, 2015

Shortcake with Strawberries and whipped cream is a wonderful easy dessert. This is my great grandmother Stanley’s shortcake recipe. I love the old fashioned simplicity of the recipe. It’s quick and easy to make. I use a fluted French tart pan, which makes the shortcake thin. It is very dense. Top with berries and whipped cream. Even I can’t mess this recipe up!

Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 20 mins
Yields: 8 Servings

Ingredients

2 cups flour

½ cup sugar, plus more for dusting

3 teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 egg

½ cup butter

½ cup milk

Directions

1Pre-heat oven 450°.

2Slice strawberries; sprinkle with sugar and let stand. Heat oven to 450°. Grease an 8-inch round layer-cake pan. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in butter with pastry blender or 2 forks until crumbly.

3Stir in milk and egg until just blended. Pat dough into prepared pan; dust with sugar and bake 20 minutes or until golden brown.

4Top with berries and whipped cream.

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