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In a bowl, cream sugar and shortening. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Combine dry ingredients and add alternately with milk to the creamed mixture. You can cook Strawberry Shortcake using 9 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Strawberry Shortcake

Prepare 3 of Eggs.
You need 90 grams of Sugar.
You need 80 grams of White flour.
It's 25 grams of Butter.
It's 200 ml of Heavy cream.
You need 3 grams of Sugar (for the cream).
You need 1 tsp of Kirschwasser.
You need 1 of pack Strawberries.
You need 2 tsp of Non wet powdered sugar.

You can serve strawberry shortcake for dessert, picnics, and even for breakfast. Read on to learn how to make the best homemade strawberry shortcake. My grandkids go crazy for this rendition of strawberry shortcake served with vanilla ice cream. Here's a classic strawberry shortcake made from scratch.

Strawberry Shortcake step by step

Cut an 18 cm circle of parchment paper to line the cake pan..
Sift the flour..
Melt the butter in a double boiler..
Preheat the oven to 170℃..
Add the sugar to the eggs in three parts, whip until you can no longer make more bubbles. The batter should fall like a ribbon when you lift the electric whisk (ribbon stage)..
Mix on low for 1 minute (the texture will become smoother)..
Pour in the flour all at once. Fold it in until no longer powdery, turning the bowl as you go..
Pour the melted butter into the batter over a spatula. Mix by scooping the batter from the bottom..
Line the cake pan with the parchment paper circle, pour in the batter, and bake at 170℃ for 25 minutes (it is done when a toothpick or skewer inserted in the center comes out clean)..
Let cool in the pan on top of a rack..
Set aside half of the strawberries for the top decoration, then finely chop the other half..
Add the sugar to the heavy cream and beat over ice water. When it becomes like thick whipped cream, add the kirschwasser and it's done..
Slice the cake in half horizontally and make a sandwich with the cream and chopped strawberries. Spread cream around the outside surface of the cake, then decorate with the whipped cream and whole strawberries..
Dust the non wet powdered sugar over the strawberries and it's done!.

Recipe creator Denyse describes this as "An old-fashioned, tender shortcake with two layers of strawberries topped with whipped cream." Note that the shortcake in this recipe is biscuit-like instead of spongy, and gets its moisture from the juicy strawberries. Discover delicious and easy to prepare strawberry shortcake recipes from the expert chefs at Food Network. To make strawberry shortcake, all you have to do is toss sliced fresh strawberries in sugar, and let them set for a bit to macerate. The sugar will draw moisture out of the strawberries and dissolve to make a syrupy sauce. Serve the strawberries over white cake or biscuits, and top with whipped cream.