Giant Lilac-scented Strawberry Shortcake
Serves: serves 12+
 
Ingredients
  • FOR THE BISCUIT:
  • 4 Cups All-purpose Flour
  • ¼ cup Raw Cane Sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Fine Sea Salt
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) Cold Unsalted Butter, cubed
  • 1⅓ cup Heavy Cream or Half and Half
  • TO GARNISH:
  • 1 quart Heavy Whipping Cream, whipped to stiff peaks(sweeten, if desired)
  • 1 pound Fresh Strawberries, sliced horizontally
  • Lilac Syrup (recipe is one post back)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat mats.
  3. Place flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in food processor and pulse a few times to mix.
  4. With the processor running, Drop in the cubed butter piece by piece and process until just combined and forming small crumbs.
  5. Drizzle the cream into processor through top while processor is running and process until dough JUST comes together. Be careful to not over-process. Divide the dough into two equal portions.
  6. Place each dough portion down on a floured work surface into a circle that is roughly 6 inches in diameter and 1 inch thick.
  7. Place each dough round onto a prepared baking sheet. Bake shortcakes for about 15-20 minutes or until tops are just turning slightly brown. Cool on a wire rack.
  8. Place the strawberries in a bowl and pour enough lilac syrup over them to coat each berry well. Place in the fridge while the shortcakes cool.
  9. TO ASSEMBLE:
  10. Carefully slice both biscuits in half, horizontally. Place one biscuit on a serving platter and spread or pipe ¼ of the whipped cream on top of it. Place a layer of strawberries over the cream. Repeat this process with the remaining biscuit rounds, cream, and berries.
  11. Decorate the top of the cake with strawberries, lilac blossoms, and drizzle the extra syrup over the top, as desired. Serve slices of cake with a spoonful of any remaining syrup.
Recipe by The Kitchen McCabe at https://www.thekitchenmccabe.com/2017/05/28/giant-lilac-scented-strawberry-shortcake/