Strawberry Shortcake Supreme
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Recipe type: Dessert, Cake
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Serves: 4
 
To adjust for high altitude I baked at 400˚
Ingredients
  • 1 quart fresh strawberries (I used frozen)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 cups sifted cake flour
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup lard (I was out of lard so used butter - not joking I do cook with lard)
  • ¾ cup milk
  • melted butter
  • a little milk
  • 2 cups whipping cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
Preparation Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 425˚.
  2. Rinse drain and hull your strawberries (if using fresh). Crush the berries a bit and add the 1 cup sugar, toss to coat and place in the fridge.
  3. If you are making one large shortcake, set out an 8" cake pan, greased. If you are making 4 individual ones a cookie sheet is all you need.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Then use a pastry blender (or two forks) to blend in the lard (or butter) until the mixture resembles course sand.
  5. Add in the milk and gently stir with a fork until the mixture is just moistened.
  6. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead a couple times to bind the dough.
  7. If you are making one large shortcake, divide the dough into 2 halves and roll out each to ½" thickness. If you are making 4 individual ones just roll out all the dough to ½" thickness and use a 3" round cutter to cut out 8 circles.
  8. Place one round in the 8" cake pan, brush with melted butter and then top with the other round and brush that with a bit of milk. Do the same to each of the individual size ones if that is the route you are going.
  9. Bake until the tops start to brown, about 18-20 minutes.
  10. Whip the cream to soft peaks and then add the vanilla and powdered sugar.
  11. To serve cut the shortcake in half and place the bottom half on your serving plate. Top with whipped cream and strawberries and then the other half of the shortcake and also top that with whipped cream and strawberries.
  12. Serve immediately.
Recipe by Foods of Our Lives at https://www.foodsofourlives.com/2013/09/strawberry-shortcake-supreme/