Strawberry Shortcake
| 750 | g strawberries, cleaned and sliced |
| 50 | g sugar |
| 250 | g flour |
| 30 | ml sugar (2 tablespoons) |
| 15 | ml baking powder (1 tablespoon) |
| 2 | ml salt (about 1/2 teaspoon) |
| 120 | g unsalted butter |
| 1 | egg |
| 160 | ml milk |
| 250 | ml whipping cream |
| 30 | ml sugar (2 tablespoons) |
Preheat oven to 230° C (450° F).
Stir the strawberries with 50 g sugar in a bowl and set aside.
Grease a 20 cm round cake pan.
Stir the flour, 15 ml of sugar, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl until mixed thoroughly.
Cut in the butter with a pastry blender.
Beat the egg and stir in the milk. Add the liquid to the flour mixture all at once,
stirring until just mixed.
Spread the batter into the greased cake pan, leaving a depression
in the center to later hold the strawberries.
Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.
Let cake cool for about 10 minutes, then remove from pan and slice into two layers.
Whip the cream with the remaining sugar. Spread half of the cream on the bottom layer
of cake, then add half of the strawberries. Add the top half of the cake, then the
other half of the strawberries. Top with the remaining whipped cream. Serve warm.
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