Name: Wicklow Strawberry Shortcake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: Strawberries: 3 - 4 cups; Granulated sugar: 3 tablespoons; All-purpose flour: 2.25 cups; Baking powder: 2 teaspoons; Baking soda / bicarbonate of soda: 0.5 teaspoon; Granulated sugar: 2 tablespoons; Double cream: 2 to 2.25 cups; Double cream: 2 cups; Granulated sugar: 4 tablespoons; Vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon

Find your locale's best strawberries for this signature Irish dessert

1 hr 45 mins mins
Serves 6
Easy

Ingredients

The fruit filling
3 - 4 cups Strawberries
500g
3 tablespoons Granulated sugar
For the shortcake
2.25 cups All-purpose flour
300g
2 teaspoons Baking powder
Rounded
0.5 teaspoon Baking soda / bicarbonate of soda
Rounded
2 tablespoons Granulated sugar
2 to 2.25 cups Double cream
500-575ml
For the whipped cream
2 cups Double cream
500ml
4 tablespoons Granulated sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Directions

The centuries-old Irish passion for strawberries in season has turned this into one of the country’s favorite desserts. The shortcake is the real deal — not some nondescript sponge cake, but a scaled-up cream scone that’s rich and tender, perfect for soaking up the sweet juice of the strawberries and supporting the luscious cream.

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Steps

1 Done	Hull and halve the strawberries (or quarter them if they're large). Toss them with 3 tablespoons of sugar and refrigerate for at least half an hour to allow their juices to "draw" and create a syrup with the sugar.
2 Done	Preheat the oven to 200C / 400F.
3 Done	Sift together the flour, baking powder and baking soda, the salt, and 2 tablespoons of sugar in a large bowl. Add the double cream and mix until just combined. Add more cream if necessary -- you want a stiff dough but not one so dry that it refuses to come together. Place the mixture in an ungreased, deep 8-inch cake pan (a springform will work too) and bake for about 20 minutes or until golden.
4 Done	Carefully remove the shortcake from the pan and place on a rack to cool. Cut into 6 pieces. Split each one horizontally.
5 Done	Now make the whipped cream. Using the whisk attachment on a stick mixer, the whisk on a stand mixer, or an electric beater, beat the cream, sugar and vanilla together in a medium bowl until soft peaks form -- about 2 minutes. Set aside.
6 Done	Place the bottom half of each shortcake slice on a serving plate. Spoon strawberries and their juice onto each slice. Top with a generous dollop of whipped cream, then gently put the top slice in place. Spoon more strawberries on top, add more cream, and finish with a final strawberry as garnish. Serve.