Description
This comes from chic & easy, a new show by food network. I made this tonight and it hardly took any time at all. The entire family ate it up.
Ingredients
- Strawberries
- Sugar
- All-purpose Flour
- Baking Powder
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Heavy Cream
- Vanilla Extract
- Lemon Zest
Instructions
- Mix strawberries with 3 tablespoons sugar and refrigerate while juices develop, at least 30 minutes
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees f
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, and salt in a medium bowl
- Add heavy cream and mix until just combined
- Place mixture in an ungreased 8-inch square pan and bake until golden, 18 to 20 minutes
- Place a metal bowl and beaters in the freezer during shortcake cooking time
- Remove shortcake from pan and place on a rack to cool slightly
- Cut into 6 pieces and split each piece in half horizontally
- Mix all whipped cream ingredients in the metal bowl with metal beaters about 1 1 / 2 to 2 minutes
- Spoon some of the strawberries with their juice onto each shortcake bottom
- Top with a generous dollop of whipped cream and then the shortcake top
- Spoon more strawberries over the top and serve