Strawberry Shortcake is one of my all time favorite desserts. Really, anything that combines strawberries and cream is guaranteed to make me happy -- unless you go crazy and add bananas or raisins, don't do that. In my mind, there's one key to strawberry shortcake, the shortcake! In my rather limited baking experience, I've made some horrible shortcakes. Shortcakes must not be dry, hard, or bland; rather, shortcakes should be perfectly buttery, sweet, and tender. I'm very happy to say that this shortcake delivers!
I made half of a recipe and it made three very large shortcakes. They're seriously easy to make and, as all wonderful biscuit type things usually are, they're heavy on the butter and cream. The shortcakes themselves aren't overly sweet but the sugar sprinkled on top and the sweet strawberries and whipped cream balance out the sweetness factor in this dessert. The only tricky part for me was that my shortcakes were pretty delicate and they wanted to fall apart while I was trying to stack the strawberries and plop the cream.
These were seriously so delicious and so easy to make. I definitely have a go-to shortcake recipe now and I can't wait to make this again. I'm also going to make it with peaches this summer and I think that it'll be outstanding. Thanks to Wendy of Pink Stripes for picking such a seriously delicious recipe this week. You can visit her fantastic blog for the recipe or just to check out all of her other amazing creations. Don't forget to check out the Sweet Melissa Blogroll to see all of the other fabulous shortcakes!
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Weren't these amazing?? I only made a quarter of the recipe but I ate that one giant shortcake myself (even though it was clearly giving me a stomach ache) :) My shortcakes were pretty crumbly too so maybe that's how they were supposed to be? Great job - yours look awesome.
I'm with you! This is my new go-to recipe! Your shortcakes look perfect!
WOnderful looking shortcake. I will keep this recipe around forever..no store bought stuff for us!
My kids loved this recipe and I was amazed how good it turned out!
You're right - the cake makes all the difference, and these had the benefit of being easy to make and delicious!
I can taste the strawberries now looks perfect.
I LOVE the strawberry plate. Your cakes look sooo good, mine were more like hockey pucks. I love the photo set up, I have to find out more about how you do your photos - sooo good.
I love the polka dot background! Peach shortcake sounds amazing! I'll have to try it too.
Wow! That looks amazing!
Beautiful presentation, that is such a cute plate! I agree that this was a great recipe.
Oh, looks so cute with that polka dot background! I can't wait to try this one out!
Your shortcakes look amazing. I'm glad you really liked it and that they were a success. I think peaches would be wonderful. Thanks for baking along with me this week!
Eww! People actually put raisins on their strawberry shortcakes?! Anyone who does that should be hit.
Your shortcakes look delish! This is definitely going to be my go to shortcake recipe now too!
I am definitely going to make these for Mother's day next week! I like the idea of the lemon zest in there. And these look terrifc, Jessica!
Nothing can save a strawberry shortcake if the cake is like sawdust, right? I'm so glad that these cakes are perfect; now I know where to turn when I need to bake some. Love your strawberry platter.
Nancy
This has always been my favorite dessert - ever since I was a little kid! Great job...looks delicious!
Your shortcakes turned out beautifully!! I was super excited by this recipe, too. It was so easy, and soo delicious. I loveed that it wasn't too sweet except for the crunch of the sugar. It paired so nicely with the syrupy strawberries :) Mmm, mmm, so delicious!
There were really good, will definately make again. Yours are perfect.
Great shortcakes! This was my first time making shortcakes. I agree, definitely a good recipe.
This looks so yummy - well done!
Those look amazing and I love the platter!
Strawberries and cream is an amazing combination. It makes me happy too.
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