"My Mother's family came from England and settled in the Appalacian Mts. in North Carolina. She made two round cake-size biscuits from the raw dough. She slathered one with real butter (unsalted and put the other round on top. She baked it and cut it into pie-shaped wedges. It fell apart naturally where the butter had been spread. Then she put the macerated strawberries and heavy cream between the layers and on top. When I was young, we always picked and used wild strawberries. What I would give...
The biscuit has to be good! I think if you use buttermilk or milk instead of the cream, you would need to cut two or three Tbsps.butter or shortening into the flour. Mother was famous for her shortcake, but I can't get right. I will try this one tonight.
One last word: You can put strawberries on angel food cake or sponge cake, but don't call it strawberry shortcake!
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"My Mother's family came from England and settled in the Appalacian Mts. in North Carolina. She made two round cake-size biscuits from the raw dough. She slathered one with real butter (unsalted) and put the other round on top. She baked it and cut it into pie-shaped wedges. It fell apart naturally where the butter had been spread. Then she put the macerated strawberries and heavy cream between the layers and on top. When I was young, we always picked and used wild strawberries. What I would give...
The biscuit has to be good! I think if you use buttermilk or milk instead of the cream, you would need to cut two or three Tbsps.butter or shortening into the flour. Mother was famous for her shortcake, but I can't get right. I will try this one tonight.
One last word: You can put strawberries on angel food cake or sponge cake, but don't call it strawberry shortcake!
"

"My Mother's family came from England and settled in the Appalacian Mts. in North Carolina. She always made two round cake-size biscuits from the raw dough. She slathered one with real butter (unsalted) and put the other on top. Then she baked it and cut it into pie-shaped wedges. It fell apart naturally where the butter had been spread. Then she added the macerated strawberries and heavy cream (lightly whipped with just a touch of sugar and vanilla) between the biscuit and on top. When I was young, we always picked and used wild strawberries. What I would give...
The biscuit has to be good! I think if you use buttermilk or milk instead of the cream, you would need to cut two or three Tbsps.butter or shortening into the flour. Mother used buttermilk, but first she added shortening and a pinch of soda to self-rising flour. She was famous for this shortcake.
One last word: You can put strawberries on angel food cake or sponge cake, but don't call it strawberry shortcake!
"