I'm showing you how to make

Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake is a beautiful dessert that's perfect

for spring and summer when strawberries are in season

To start you'll need

4 cups of all purpose flour

You want to place that into the bowl of a food processor

Now you could also do this in a bowl with a pastry cutter

but trust me, a food processor is a lot easier

Next add in 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar

2 tablespoons of baking powder

and 2 teaspoons of salt

Then we'll pop the lid on and give this a quick pulse

Now this is a lot of the flour mixture so

depending on the size of your food processor

you may need to do this in batches

We are making a three layer strawberry shortcake

so it's a lot of dough

Next you'll need 8 tablespoons of cubed salted butter

We'll place that in and we'll start mixing that in as well

or you can use a pastry cutter if you're doing this by hand

So just a few pulses to combine until it looks like cornmeal

Once the butter is all cut in we're going to pour this

into a large mixing bowl

Now if you don't have a food processor

you'd be using a pastry cutter like this

and rocking it gently back and forth to cut all of the butter in

Or if you don't have a pastry cutter

you'd use two butter knives and simply cross them

against each other to cut the butter in that way

but that is significantly harder

Then we'll pour in 1 cup of milk and I'd use either

2% or whole milk as well as

1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream

and we're going to stir this together

You should end up with a nice sticky dough

Divide it into 3 pieces

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees

and lightly grease three 9-inch cake pans

and I like to add a little piece of parchment paper

on the bottom to make sure our cakes come out super easy

Take each piece of dough and press it gently

into the bottom of that pan and you want it to be

as flat and smooth as possible

Once they're all smooshed in the pan

we're going to bake these at 400 degrees fahrenheit

for 20 to 25 minutes until the tops are golden brown

Meanwhile we're going to put together our strawberry

and whipped cream fillings

You'll need 2 pounds of quartered strawberries in a bowl

You'll want to sprinkle on 2 tablespoons of sugar

the zest from 1 lemon

and the juice from 1 lemon which is about 4 tablespoons

and toss it all together

Set those aside and they'll get all sweet and syrup-y

and delicious

I love adding the lemon and lemon zest because

it adds a lot of brightness to the strawberries

Next we're going to make our whipped cream

and we want to make a stabilized whipped cream

so we have some special additions today

Pour 2 cups of heavy cream into the bowl of a stand mixer

or if you don't have one you can also use a hand mixer

Then we'll sprinkle in

1/3 cup of powdered sugar

which has cornstarch cut in and will help stabilize it

then I add in 2 tablespoons of actual cornstarch as well

and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

and we'll start this whipping

Now instead of using the cornstarch and powdered sugar

you could also use gelatin but I find that this

is an easier way to stabilize whipped cream at home

After a few minutes of whipping

stiff peaks will form and you're ready

Place your whipped cream in the fridge until

you are ready to assemble the cake

You need the cake layers to be completely cool

before assembling or your whipped cream will melt

Start assembling by placing a bunch of strawberries

on the first layer

Then we're going to take our whipped cream

I've put mine in a piping bag but you can just scoop it on

with a spoon as well

And we'll give a nice layer of whipped cream as well

Get some of those berries back on

And then just keep on layering until you get to the top

On this top pieces I'm just going to give a swirl

in the middle and finish it off with

a little pile of berries on top

This cake is best eaten fresh

and needs to be stored in the refrigerator

Now I'm sure you're all wondering how to cut it

The trick is to use a serrated knife

That'll give you a clean slice

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