Strawberry Shortcake

"This dessert looks so gorgeous you won't want to slice it! Tastes just as good though. Great to take along to BBQs & gatherings."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
1 cake
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 180°C.
  • Line& grease a round 20cm sandwich tin.
  • Beat butter& sugar until light & fluffy, then add egg yolks & flour and beat well.
  • Press mixture into the base of the tin.
  • Bake for 15- 20 minutes or until golden & firm.
  • Allow to cool slightly, remove from tin & cool completely.
  • Arrange strawberries over the surface, starting with an outside circle & working inwards with more circles, until cake is covered.
  • Combine jam & water in a saucepan& heat until liquid thickens.
  • Strain, then brush over strawberries& refrigerate until serving time.
  • Serve with whipped cream sprinkled with cinnamon.

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Reviews

  1. I only did the shortcake part (used other recipes for the strawberries and cream); it was rich and yummy. I keep trying to find a shortcake recipe to please DH; he likes the spongey kind, but this was a dense, rich biscuit. Yet, he really LIKED it! And had seconds.
     
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G'day! I'm from Gippsland, Australia. I am a SAHM (stay at home mum) to my two gorgeous children who are 2 years & 6 months. My passions are cooking, scrapbooking, & reading which I enjoy doing in my rare "ME" time. I love finding & trying new recipes & am very fortunate that my family are not fussy!
 
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