Momma's Strawberry Shortcake

I grew up on strawberry shortcake. My mamma's recipe is the best. It's my Grandma Rhodes' recipe revised. I'm not sentimental at all.

My mother was meeting me after work and said she had extra strawberries. I asked if she had shortcake to bring along for Joshua's supper. So she mixed one up and brought me two warm pieces of shortcake. Thank you mother.

I came home in rush and made Josh a bowl of shortcake with strawberries. I set it in front of him and he started eating. I told him how mom would fix just strawberry shortcake for supper in the summer when we were kids. Feeling all nostalgic and such.

He replied, " that's a touching story, but is this really all I'm eating for supper."

I had to laugh.

I pulled some left overs out of the fridge with meat in them. So he ate dessert first tonight. I guess that tradition won't be carried on at our home.

 Wouldn't this cure your meat and potato hunger?

Momma's Strawberry Shortcake

1/2 cup butter, soft

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

 1 cup milk

2 cups flour

3 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix together and pour into a greased 9" pan.

Sprinkle with sanding sugar if you'd like.

Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

Have any of you eaten strawberry shortcake for a meal?

Somebody help me here!

Hope

Chocolate Cake Ideas

Looking for a special cake

for your Christmas dinner?

A chocolate cake is one

of the funnest and easiest 

cakes to dress up.

Today I used my basic chocolate cake

recipe and whipped up some

icing with some of the same

ingredients as tiramisu.

Slice the two cake layers in half.

Simple, easy and delicious.

For this one I just used creamy white icing and topped it with

 seedless raspberry's and drizzled chocolate.

Chocolate Cake

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 cup cocoa

1 cup oil

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup half and half

2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1 cup of hot coffee* 

*I heat 1 cup of water in microwave and add 1 very 

rounded table spoon of instant coffee.

Mix together in order listed. I usually have the mixer on slow the

whole time I mix up this cake. Pour batter into 2 greased

and floured 9 in. cake pans. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes,

or until center springs back when touched.

Cool cakes and slice each layer in half.

Then you know how to do the rest.

I don't think you need directions for icing a cake.

Tiramisu Icing

1- 8 oz. container of Mascarpone Cheese

2/3 cup 10x sugar

2 tsp. coffee liquor

2 tsp. tiramisu syrup

1 tsp. vanilla

2 cups whipping cream, whipped

Mix together Mascarpone Cheese, 10x sugar, coffee liquor,

tiramisu syrup and vanilla. In a separate bowl whip whipping cream

until it holds light peaks. Add too Mascarpone Cheese mixture and

beat until combined. Don't over whip- the texture will get funny.

Creamy White Icing

1 cup Crisco

 4 cups 10x sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

4 Tbsp. milk

Mix until creamy.

Enjoy,

Hope