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July 26, 2011
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Strawberry shortcake was the dessert for last night’s pulled pork sammies. I used hand picked berries that my parents had pawned off on me (which i gladly accepted). The recipe comes from: Www.joyofbaking.com/BerryShortcake.html Now, the pic shows an unfinished cake… There is a top layer of cake that was placed on top before we brought it out. The original recipe tells you toslice the cake horizontally so you get two layers. BUT seeing as hiw the caje is actually one giant scone, we were sure it would crumble to pieces. We made another entire cake to place on top, which makes for a heavier, albeit prettier, portion. If you do this i suggest the following: 1) cut up additional berries and make more whipped topping to have on the side 2) sprinkle granulated sugar on top of one of the cake’s cream glaze. This will give your top layer a pretty (and sweet) sparkle Could definitely serve 8. Could likely serve 10. You could also crumble and layer into little serving bowls for individual trifles!

Strawberry shortcake was the dessert for last night’s pulled pork sammies. I used hand picked berries that my parents had pawned off on me (which i gladly accepted). The recipe comes from:
Www.joyofbaking.com/BerryShortcake.html

Now, the pic shows an unfinished cake… There is a top layer of cake that was placed on top before we brought it out. The original recipe tells you toslice the cake horizontally so you get two layers. BUT seeing as hiw the caje is actually one giant scone, we were sure it would crumble to pieces. We made another entire cake to place on top, which makes for a heavier, albeit prettier, portion. If you do this i suggest the following:

1) cut up additional berries and make more whipped topping to have on the side

2) sprinkle granulated sugar on top of one of the cake’s cream glaze. This will give your top layer a pretty (and sweet) sparkle

Could definitely serve 8. Could likely serve 10.

You could also crumble and layer into little serving bowls for individual trifles!

Tags: food recipes summer berries strawberry shortcake

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April 22, 2011
Ok i know this is an awful photo, but i forgot to take any until the last minute! Last night my friend held a potluck in honor of the fact that as we are getting older it is becoming increasingly difficult to get ahold of each other. It was a great way to start the weekend. I had to work until 5 and needed to be there at 7 and had said i would bring dessert. I had just earlier seen a delish recipe for strawb shortcake cupcakes at blog.homerunballerina.com and decided to try and make it happen seeing how i had the ingredients kicking around. The cupcakes were ok, perhaps not worth the trouble compared to a box. They were easy to make, but the egg whites meant i had to add a step outside my kitchenaid. The real treasure was the pastry cream! I got so many compliments, and it was very doable— egg yokes, egg, cornstarch, butter, milk and sugar. Be warned, when it comes to a boil it splatters and you might want an oven mitt. The pastry cream itself is not that yummy but the diced strawberries take over and it becomes so flavourful! Big thumbs up! Check out the recipe on her April 20th 2011 post.

Ok i know this is an awful photo, but i forgot to take any until the last minute! Last night my friend held a potluck in honor of the fact that as we are getting older it is becoming increasingly difficult to get ahold of each other. It was a great way to start the weekend. I had to work until 5 and needed to be there at 7 and had said i would bring dessert. I had just earlier seen a delish recipe for strawb shortcake cupcakes at blog.homerunballerina.com and decided to try and make it happen seeing how i had the ingredients kicking around. The cupcakes were ok, perhaps not worth the trouble compared to a box. They were easy to make, but the egg whites meant i had to add a step outside my kitchenaid. The real treasure was the pastry cream! I got so many compliments, and it was very doable— egg yokes, egg, cornstarch, butter, milk and sugar. Be warned, when it comes to a boil it splatters and you might want an oven mitt. The pastry cream itself is not that yummy but the diced strawberries take over and it becomes so flavourful! Big thumbs up! Check out the recipe on her April 20th 2011 post.

Tags: recipes pastry cream homerunballerina strawberry shortcake