Homemade Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

Homemade Strawberry Shortcake Recipe
A great strawberry shortcake recipe to try !

Strawberry Shortcake Recipe Ingredients

Making Your Shortcake base

* 11/2 cups (175g) All purpose flour
* 2 1/4 tsp Baking powder
* 1/2 tsp Salt
* 1/3 cup (75g) Sugar superfine or caster if possible
* 1/3 cup(100g) Unsalted Butter chilled and cubed
* 1 Egg yolk
* 1 tbsp Rose water or a few drops of vanilla flavoring

Making Your Filling

* 1 pound (450g) Fresh strawberries
* 2 tbsp Orange juice
* 2 cups (500ml) Heavy (double /whipping cream)
* 1 tbsp Sugar
* 2 tbsp confectioners (icing) sugar

Strawberry Shortcake Recipe INSTRUCTIONS

1. Lightly grease 2 baking sheets and pre heat oven to 375f / 190c.
2. Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt together in to a large bowl.
3. With your fingers rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
4. Stir in the sugar rose water/vanilla flavoring and egg yolk in to the mixture and work it together to produce a soft dough. Divided the dough into two, and roll each piece of dough to a 8inch ( 20cm) round.
5. Place each round on the greased baking sheet and crimp the edges of the dough.
6. Bake for 15 minutes until lightly browned. Transfer to a wire cooling rack and leave to cool.

Topping:

1. Remove the green hulls from the strawberries. Slice fruit and place in a bowl. Sprinkle over the orange juice and sugar. Cover and leave to chill.
2. Whip the cream until it just holds its shape then fold in 1 tablespoon of confectioners (icing) sugar.
3. Cover one of the short cake rounds with half the strawberries. Spoon over the cream then add the remaining strawberries saving a few for decoration.
4. Gently press the remaining shortcake round on top. Decorate with the saved strawberries and dust with confectioners (icing) sugar.
The strawberry shortcake recipe is ready..enjoy the party !!
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