Delicious berry shortcake with Chantilly cream made from scratch with fresh strawberries and blueberries.
Delicious Berry short cake made with goodness of fresh berries, shortcake base and chantilly cream. Easy to put together.
Today is 15th July; the reveal date of “Baking Partner’s challenge”. Finally to meet the deadline I geared up and made this berry shortcake yesterday evening.
This month challenge was suggested by Reeni of Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice. It is also my first encounter with the shortcake; it is made with all purpose flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt and cream. I mixed everything together and then the dough is made and cut it into 2 ¼ inch rounds which is dipped into melted butter and baked in oven until golden brown. It is then served by slicing them into two pieces and then sandwiched with sweetened whipped cream, macerated berries both in middle and top. It is delicious.
If you are scone or a biscuit fan you will love it. I made berry shortcake with both strawberry and blueberry. This Friday while shopping at Sam’s club I spotted a box fresh strawberries, which is ultimate weakness for me so bought them immediately. With half of strawberries I made strawberry ice cream. And rest I used for this strawberry shortcake. I have blueberries too in my hand, so decide to make shortcake with them too.
There is also a kid’s cartoon character called strawberry shortcake, If you ask me which berry shortcake you like it I will say both. Strawberry shortcake is more beautiful compared to blueberries, but taste wise both are delicious. Next time when you are planning a party tries to make this berry shortcake.
Even though it is named as shortcake it is biscuit. Berry shortcake is old time classic. When you get fresh berries, try it especially during summer months where berries are abundant. It is perfect treat for backyard barbeque of any informal family gatherings.
Here comes the recipe. It is also very easy recipe; you only need 2 hours to make this delight.
Berry Short Cake
Ingredients
- 1 pint 2 cups blueberries
- 1 pint 2 cups strawberries (hulled and sliced)
- 4 teaspoons + 2 tablespoons sugar divided
- 2 cups 8 ounces pastry flour or (1 + ¾ cups (7.5 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour + ¼ cup (1 ounce) cornstarch)
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 to 1 ¼ cups 8 - 10 ounces heavy cream
- 1 to 2 tablespoons melted butter
- coarse or sanding sugar optional, for decorating the tops
- Chantilly cream
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoon sugar you can increase the sugar amount if you want to 1 tablespoon
Instructions
- In a bowl toss the blueberries with 1 tablespoons of sugar to let some of the juices come out.
- Similarly in another bowl add sliced strawberries and 1 tablespoon sugar and cover and refrigerate.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Fit a large baking sheet with a silpat mat or parchment paper.
- Into a medium mixing bowl sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, and 2 teaspoons sugar.
- Stir in enough heavy cream to moisten the dough thoroughly. When you squeeze the dough it should stay together without any dry pieces falling off.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured work surface and very gently pat it or roll it into an 8" circle about ¾" thick.
- Use a sharp biscuit cutter ( 2 + ¼-inch) to cut into rounds. Combine the scraps and roll out again until you get 14 rounds.
- Dip the rounds into melted butter, and place them on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle them generously with coarse sugar.
- Bake the biscuits for 15 to 18 minutes until they're golden brown and puffy.
- Meanwhile make the whipped cream.
- he bowl of a stand mixer or in a large mixing bowl beat the whipping cream with 2 teaspoons sugar and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract on medium-high speed until thick and stiff. When you lift the beater the cream should stick to it without falling off.
- To serve split the shortcakes in half, top with whipped cream, a few spoons of the berries
- and the juice, more cream, the top biscuit, more whip cream and a few more berries.
Notes
Chantilly cream is adapted fromMartha stewart
Nutrition
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
gayathri says
cake looks so cute and yummy.
Hema says
Looks very tempting and delicious, love to taste some now..
Tasneem says
Looks very delicious Swathi!
Nalini Somayaji says
Heavenly cookies with cream and berries...love the way you started your blog...hats off to you Swathi Iyer....
Poornima says
A must try recipe.. Beautiful pics too 🙂
sangeetha says
delicious shortcakes n we enjoyed the challenge to core!!!!
torviewtoronto says
looks wonderful lovely presentation
Leena says
Delicious short cake yummy..
shama says
yummy ...
kaveri says
Looks very delicious Swathi..Enjoyed this challenge very much
Choc Chip Uru says
I am in complete love with your shortcakes! But yes, I totally understand the withdrawal, it actually hurts!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Rani Vijoo says
yummy cake....looks beautiful!
Divya Ashok says
Too yummy Swathi. Love all your snaps. In our home my husband is having withdrawal symptoms and looks all pale and sad but myself and my daughter are so glad the football season is over.. lol.. 🙂
Reni says
Looks real delicious ! and I totally understand your symptoms ! I miss sitting up every night to catch up the matches too ,,,,,,
niloufer says
Delicious dear!!
Margaret says
That looks so yummy!
Smitha says
this looks yummy.. i am sure kids will love it
Sanoli Ghosh says
Amazing short cake, wish I could grab this plate....:)
Marisa says
Both look beautiful and I imagine the taste. Sorry about listening that you misss the matches. Not me, at home, I have two terrible fans.
Cheers dear Swathi.
ramya says
This time am not able to this one and am waiting for my oven to come:)yummy and so sad am lagging
rebecca says
these look wonderful I guess you could watch the premier league ?
Melissa @ Home on Deranged says
ohmygoodness that looks deliciousness! and totally perfect summer treat. would it be okay to mix the strawberries and blueberries into one big treat? 🙂
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Swathi says
Yes Melissa that will be wonderful you can mix it.
Ruxana says
wow this looks really awesome...sweet and perfect , lovely clicks too
traditionallymodernfood says
Looks yummy:) like the idea of short cake, berry adding richness to the cake
julie says
beautiful treat dear,looks wonderful 🙂
Aishwarya says
Oh Swathi!! I feel it!! Missing football oops Soccer 😉 Which team u were you cheering for this time? And berry shortcake looks delicious!!!
Sony's kitchen says
Cake looks sweet and yummy....... Lovely !!
Gloria says
Berry Shortcake looks just amazing..feel tempted looking at the pic
Meena Kumar says
H ahaaa withdrawal symptoms ...my daughter is so happy that her dad will be finally free on weekend. Shortbread looks yummy . Ideal for summer.