Sensational Strawberry Shortcake
Ingredients
- 1 quart fresh strawberries, sliced
- 1 cup white sugar, divided
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup milk
- 2 2 large eggs, separated
- 2 cups sweetened whipped cream
- 3 sprigs fresh mint (Optional)
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9-inch round cake pans. Set aside.
- Gently stir strawberries and ½ cup sugar together in a large bowl; chill.
- Combine flour, ¼ cup sugar, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg in a large bowl; cut in butter with a knife or pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Whisk milk and egg yolks together in a medium bowl until well combined; stir into flour mixture until just moistened. Divide dough in half; pat into the prepared cake pans.
- Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; spread evenly over dough in pans. Sprinkle with remaining ¼ cup sugar.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool 10 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Place 1 cake layer on a large serving plate; spread with ½ whipped cream, spoon ½ strawberries over cream. Repeat with remaining each 1 cake layer, ½ whipped cream, and ½ strawberries; garnish with mint.
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