Strawberry Shortcake

This classic Strawberry Shortcake recipe is the real deal, and so easy to make at home. With its sugar-crusted sweet flaky biscuits, juicy strawberries, and freshly whipped cream you’ll be wanting to make this dessert all summer long.

Strawberry Shortcake with whipped cream is the perfect single-serving dessert to make for dinner parties, backyard BBQs, or summer dinners at home. Feel free to add a little lemon curd, ice cream, or other fresh berries if desired.

Classic Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

Once strawberry season hits, this classic Strawberry Shortcake recipe is one of the first I jump to make.  If you’ve never had a shortcake made from scratch you are in for a real treat. 

These flakey, lightly sweet biscuits are worlds better than the little round sponge cakes that you can buy at the store, and they use ingredients you likely already have at home. After your biscuits are made, they’re sliced open so that they can hold a heaping spoonful of sweet, juicy strawberries and a mound of freshly whipped cream. 

Key Ingredients

Sweet Biscuits

• Flour – this recipe calls for all-purpose flour.
• Baking Powder – the baking powder is what helps to give the biscuits a little rise in the oven.
• Sugar – we use regular white granulated sugar for this recipe.
• Butter – use unsalted, room temperature butter.
• Milk – you can use either whole milk or 2% milk.  A good substitute would also be buttermilk.
• Egg Wash – you’ll need 1 large egg and 1 tablespoon of milk for your egg wash.
• Raw Sugar – often called “Sugar in the Raw,” this can be found in the baking aisle at the store.  It adds a nice crunch to the tops of sweet biscuits.

Strawberries

• Fresh Strawberries – you can slice or dice however you’d like.
• Sugar – mixing them with a little sugar and letting them macerate ensures the sweetest, best-tasting strawberries.

Whipped Cream

• Heavy Whipping Cream – for best results, make sure that your heavy whipping cream is cold when you go to whip it.
• Powdered Sugar – we prefer using powdered sugar to sweetened whipped cream because it won’t leave any gritty texture.
• Vanilla Extract – pure vanilla extract tastes best.

How to Make Strawberry Shortcake

1. Make the sweet biscuits. Add soft butter to the dry ingredients in a large bowl. Blend with a fork until it resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well, add the milk, and mix until it comes together. Let the dough rest for 2-3 minutes.
2. Roll and cut the biscuits. Lightly knead the dough, then roll to about 3/4″ thick. Cut with 3-4″ round biscuit cutter and place 1-2″ apart on a lightly greased baking sheet. Make a small indent with your thumb in the center of each.
3. Bake. Top with egg wash and sprinkle with raw sugar. Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for about 12-15 minutes, then remove from the oven and brush with melted butter.
4. Macerate the strawberries. Wash and cut strawberries and place in a medium bowl. Add sugar and mix, then cover with plastic and let the strawberries sit at room temperature for 30 minutes or up to 4 hours.
5. Whip the cream. In a large chilled bowl, add the cold heavy cream and whip on medium high until soft peaks form. Add half of the powdered sugar, whip, then add the rest of the sugar and the vanilla. Whip until medium peaks form.
6. Assemble and serve. Cut each biscuit in half.  On the bottom of the biscuit, add a couple of heaping spoonfuls of the prepared strawberries.  Top with a generous dollop of whipped cream, then cover gently with the top biscuit.  Serve immediately and enjoy!

Frequently Asked Questions

Storing Instructions

• Biscuits: store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
• Strawberries: store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
• Whipped cream: store the whipped cream in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days.  Before using it again, whip back up with a whisk until it forms soft peaks.

More Of The Best Summer Dessert Recipes

• Baked Peach Pie
• Peaches and Cream Pie
• Strawberries and Cream Pie
• Cherry Pie
• Blackberry Crumble Bars
• American Flag Brownies
• Strawberry Cream Scones
• Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
• More Easy Dessert Recipes
• More Summer Recipes

This classic Strawberry Shortcake recipe is made with sweet flaky biscuits, juicy strawberries and freshly whipped cream. It uses simple ingredients that you likely already have at home and is so good you’ll be making it all summer long.