I’ve got a very simple and delicious recipe for you today that will go perfectly with your 4th of July meal…or any summer meal for that matter: Easy Strawberry Shortcake!
Strawberries are one of my family’s favorite fruits. Our whole family goes berry picking at a local farm at the end of May to get our own delicious, organic strawberries. The kids have such a fun time that we usually bring home a big haul, and then I have to figure out what to do with all that fruit!
This year, I decided to whip up a quick, weekday night dessert, using my Chocolate Chip Scones recipe. I left out the chocolate chips to make just a plain cake, but by all means, if you like chocolate and strawberries together (who doesn’t?), leave them in!
To start, bake a batch of scones and let them cool. I popped my scones into the oven right before dinner was ready, so that they were done before we finished eating.
Next, wash and cut your berries. I sometimes add some sugar to my strawberries if they aren’t quite sweet enough. This will also help to make a sugary syrup that tastes so good when it soaks into the cakes 🙂
You’ll also want to make some freshly whipped cream right before you are ready to eat. The stuff in the can is alright in a pinch, but seriously, whipping your own takes just a minute or two and it is really worth the trouble.
To make my whipped cream, I used about 1 cup of whipping cream, with 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, whipping them together with an electric hand mixer until it turned into whipped cream.
To assemble your cakes, take a cooled scone and slice it in half horizontally.
Next, spoon some berries onto the bottom half of your scone, making sure to pour a bit of the juices on as well.
Lastly, top the berries with the other half of the scone, add a nice big dollop of cream to the top, and add a strawberry to decorate.
There you have it…a very quick and yummy dessert that your whole family will love!
I make the chocolate chips scones about once a month. My family just loves them.
Last year I made some double chocolate shortcake to go with strawberries for strawberry shortcake and it was really good. Your looks just so good, now I wish we had more strawberry left in our garden, so I could make this right now.
That’s so good to hear Shell, thank you!
I’ve never heard of double chocolate shortcake before, but it sounds heavenly 🙂 Will have to try that out one day!
This dessert looks so good, Erin. 🙂 I’m sure my kids would love it. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
You’re welcome!