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Strawberry shortcake

Summertime Strawberry Shortcake

Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 large egg (room temperature is best)
  • 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • pinch salt
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup skim milk
  • 4 cup Cool Whip 1L container - can use other brands)
  • 6 cups Strawberries - sliced

Strawberry Drizzle

  • 2 cups strawberries mashed (Potato masher works great)
  • 1 Tbsp granulated sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 ° F
  • In a small mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar
  • Add egg and vanilla and beat well.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together, flour, baking powder and salt
  • In mixing bowl, alternate adding flour and skim milk, a little at a time, mixing in between additions Continue until mixed thoroughly. mixing well
  • Grease a 9 inch round cake pan
  • Pour mixture into the pie plate and bake on center rack in oven for 20-25 minutes.
  • Once baked ( check to make sure a toothpickl comes out clean), let cool on a wire rack.
  • Once cooled, slice horizontally and then cut into 8 trianglular pieces (like a pie)

Strawberry Drizzle

  • In a small saucepan add mashed strawberries and sugar and stir.
  • Bring to a boil and remove from heat, stirring to keep from burning.
  • Let cool.

Serve!

  • Place a bottom slice of cake onto a dessert plate. Spoon about 2 tbsp cool whip onto the piece of cake.
  • Spoon on 3 tbsp of sliced strawberries onto cool whip.
  • Place the top piece of cake onto strawberries and cool whip
  • Spoon 3 tbsp of Cool whip onto the top piece and top with 3 tbsp strawberries.
  • Drizzle 2 tbsp of strawberry drizzle over top
  • Enjoy!
    Strawberry shortcake