Long Distance Baking Project #5

Finally catching up on our May recipe! A lot has happened here to make life feel a little out of whack.

Joplin is very slowly shifting into the rebuilding stage, which is certainly encouraging. In the midst of all of that, CIY is finishing week 2 of the summer. Jon has been to CO, MI & FL already! And the summer is just beginning.

I chose Strawberry Shortcake for May's recipe. The strawberries have been so yummy and I couldn't resist!
I looked at several strawberry shortcake cupcake recipes, but none of them were quite enough shortcake for me. So I decided to use a typical shortcake recipe and bake it in cupcake tins without liners. They turned out so well!!


Super Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
From Taste of Home
1 quart fresh strawberries, sliced
1-2 Tbls sugar

Shortcake
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 Tbls sugar (I recommend 3-4 Tbls)
1 Tbls baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
¼ cup cold butter
1 egg
¾ cup sour cream

Topping
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1-2 Tbls sugar
1 tsp vanilla

1) Preheat oven to 425. Lightly spray cupcake tin with cooking spray.
In a small bowl, combine the strawberries and sugar; set aside.










2) For shortcake, combine dry ingredients in a large bowl; cut in butter until somewhat crumbly. In a small bowl, beat egg; add sour cream. Stir into the flour mixture just until moistened.

3) Turn onto a floured board; knead 25 times or until smooth. Roll out dough to about a 6” circle. Divide the dough into 12 equal parts. I used a small biscuit cutter to help make them equal sizes. Roll each part into a ball then flatten just enough to fit into each cup of the cupcake tin and drop in the bottom.

4) Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the tops are golden brown but not burned. Remove cupcakes from the tin and cool on a wire rack.

5) For the topping, beat whipping cream and sugar with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form, about 5 minutes; stir in vanilla.

6) Just before serving, cut each cupcake in half horizontally. Spoon juice from the berries over each bottom layer, then a few berries and a dollop of cream. Add the top of the cupcake and layer remaining topping and berries.

Makes 1 dozen cupcakes

Amber's Name: Streetfest '11 Sugary Sweet Strawberry Shortcakes

Sara's Name: Super Strawberry Literally Short Cakes










I actually took them to a cupcake party! there were 8 of us. We each brought "naked" cupcakes and helped each other decorate. It was a really great time and hopefully something we'll do more often. Here's a pic of all of our cupcakes!













I also made one other cupcake this month to celebrate the graduates that come to Tuesday's at the Hill's!