Food
Homemade Strawberry Shortcake
When fresh berries abound, who can resist the charm of a classic homemade strawberry shortcake? Let the sliced, sugared berries sit for at least an hour to get good and juicy.
By Yankee Magazine|Jun 14 2022|
Coffee By Design | Portland, Maine
Photo Credit : Katherine Keenan
I have made this recipe many times and have shared it with family and friends. It is the best recipe that I have ever had for strawberry shorcake!!
This recipe reminds me of summer days,growing up in Maine. I first found your recipe in the early ’80s and lost it. I have searched for it ever since. Today was my LUCKY day ! This is THE BEST !!!
With a mid-June birthday, Strawberry Shortcake was always my dad’s birthday cake ever since he was a kid. My mom would use a cake pan for the shortcake and split the whole thing crosswise. Sometimes it came off in one piece, sometimes it didn’t – but it didn’t matter. She would piece it back together in the end. The berries she would hull and cut the day before, reserving several especially nice ones for the top. The cut ones she would sprinkle with granulated sugar and a few drops of water, cover and put in the refrigerator. They would create the best juice ever for the cake.
With the shortbread warm from the oven, she would split it, cover the bottom half with the strawberries and juice. Cover it with the top half and place large dollops of home made real whipped cream on top with a large one in the middle. The reserved whole berries went on top of the dollops. It was served warm with extra whipped cream to add as you liked.
My sister always said the next day’s left overs out of the fridge were the best because the juice and whipped cream had saturated the shortcake and made a delicious “mess.” 🙂
Loved the Jordan Marsh blueberry muffins & the lemon, Zucchini blueberry bread the easiest recipe I have ever made and absolutely delicious.
I kept the Jordan Marsh blueberry muffins recipe, but re-wrote the instructions so it goes more quickly. Making them all the time now. A hint–for a special give-away, add just a sprinkle of sugar on top of the dough before baking; and/or add one or two whole pecans.
Looks great and cannot wait to try
My Mom use to make Bisquick biscuit recipe with added sugar. It was awesome.
Strawberry Shortcake! My favorite dessert!
Mom never whipped the cream, but would pour it in the already crushed and sugared strawberries. That is what I think of when Strawberry Shortcake comes to mind! YUM!YUM!
Does anyone have a recipe for a maple walnut cake ?
Love strawberry shortcake recipe. Does anyone have a recipe for one without sugar for those who deal with being a diabetic?
Will never use this one again. Shortcake was tasteless and like a board. I have always used Fanny Farmer’ Rich Shortcake. That is the best!
Individual shortcake biscuits are the way to go. They’re easier to split and serve, make them larger than regular baking powder biscuits.