My first strawberry shortcake!

Photos taken with ze Pentax camera. Super detailed :P

Okay, so it turns out like this. Not sure if its suppose to look like this or not but, OH WELL. My sisters, boyfriend and I were fighting to finish the remainings of this so, you can guess how good it taste la. HAHAHA super proud, my head is floating on the kitchen ceiling :p

I was bored, assignment deadlines are like 2 days away and I dunno what made me browse tru some random recipes. Procrastinating much? Anyhow, I followed this recipe from http://www.foodnetwork.com :)


Heres the recipe. Give it a try! I loved mine :)

Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds strawberries, stemmed and quartered
• 5 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• Whipped Cream, recipe follows

Directions

Mix strawberries with 3 tablespoons sugar and refrigerate while juices develop, at least 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. Add heavy cream and mix until just combined. Place mixture in an ungreased 8-inch square pan and bake until golden, 18 to 20 minutes.

Remove shortcake from pan and place on a rack to cool slightly. Cut into 6 pieces and split each piece in half horizontally.

Spoon some of the strawberries with their juice onto each shortcake bottom. Top with a generous dollop of whipped cream and then the shortcake top. Spoon more strawberries over the top and serve.

Whipped Cream:

• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, chilled
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest

Using a mixer, beat the heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, and lemon zest until soft peaks form, about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes.