Long-on-Strawberries Shortcake

Name: Long-on-Strawberries Shortcake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups cake flour, sifted; 1 tablespoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon table salt; 1 tablespoon poppy seeds; 1½ cups granulated sugar; ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened; 3 large eggs, separated; ¾ cup water; 1 teaspoon pure almond extract; 1 cup whipping cream; About ⅓ cup confectioners’ sugar; 2 pints fresh ripe strawberries, sliced

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Smoke & Spice

By Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison

Published 2014

About

While summer strawberries are always good over shortcake, the treat is twice as good with fruit in the cake, too.

Ingredients

Cake

2 cups cake flour, sifted
1 tablespoon baking powder
½

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian
Summer

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Cut waxed paper or parchment circles to fit the pans, place in the pans, and grease and flour them again.
To make the cake, stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bo