Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake With Sweetened Flavoured Whipped Cream

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup milk
• 4 cups strawberries
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 pint whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 sift flour, baking powder, cream of tartar and salt together.
• 2 work in fat with your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• 3 stir in milk gradually.
• 4 place dough on a lightly floured board.
• 5 divide into 2 parts and roll each part to fit a round cake pan.
• 6 place first layer into lightly greased cake tin.
• 7 brush the dough with melted butter, then place second layer over top.
• 8 bake at 400f degrees for 20 minutes.
• 9 reserve approximately 12 choice berries for the top.
• 10 mash the remaining berries slightly, stir in sugar and place sweetened berries beween layers.
• 11 cover the top layer with sweetened flavoured whipped cream and garnish with whole berries.
• 12 note: the biscuit dough may be rolled and cut into round shapes as for tea biscuits, then split into halves for strawberry or peach shortcake.
• 13 sweetened flavoured whipped cream: beat the cream until thick.
• 14 fold in sugar and vanilla.