Name: Easy Strawberry Shortcake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1/4 cup white sugar; 2/3 cup salted butter; 1 large egg (room temperature); 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose (plain flour); 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 cup milk; 2 cups whipped cream; 2 cups stewed strawberries (or canned strawberries); 2 cups fresh strawberries

Strawberry Shortcake can easily be cooked outdoors with a basic cake recipe and the use of a variety of strawberry options. The strawberries may be fresh, frozen, canned, or even stewed. The choice would be based on the type of outdoor adventure and the best storage and transport option.

Making your own biscuits outdoors is easier than you think. This is a quick and easy batter that is baked in a cake pan in a camp oven. Once cooled, you cut the cake into individual biscuits for serving.

The cake is a simple version using butter as the shortening. Some people like to assemble the shortcake while still warm. Or it can be done when cooler, so the whipped cream does not melt. However, if left too long after baking the shortcake tends to get hard fast making it unpleasant to eat.

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A serving of strawberry shortcake using stewed and fresh strawberries sitting on a white and blue camp plate.

This strawberry shortcake can be made with fresh, frozen, or canned strawberries or a combination of each.

A half of the cooked biscuit cake base is cooling on a wire rack.

The biscuit make is surprisingly easy to make and needs to be cut into portions once baked.

Side view of a stacked strawberry shortcake served on a camp plate with layers of cake, whipped cream, and fresh and canned strawberries.

A simple cake is made then topped with cream and strawberries to make this classic American fair dessert.

Easy Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

Dan Hodgson

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Strawberry shortcake can easily be cooked outdoors with a basic cake recipe and the use of a variety of strawberry options.

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Preparation 15

Cook 25

Ready in 40

Servings Servings

CourseDessert

InfluenceNorth American

DifficultySeasoned

MethodBake

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Ingredients

Shortcake

1/4 cup white sugar
2/3 cup salted butter
1 large egg room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup milk

To Serve

2 cups whipped cream
2 cups stewed strawberries or canned strawberries
2 cups fresh strawberries

Equipment

1 9 inch (23cm) square cake pan

Directions

Shortcake

Preheat the camp oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease the cake pan.
In a bowl cream together the sugar and butter. Add the egg and vanilla then beat well.
Combine the flour and baking powder together in a small bowl. Alternatively add the flour mixture and the milk to the butter mixture, combining well after each addition.
Add the shortbread mixture to the greased cake pan and flatten with a knife or spatula.
Place in the preheated camp oven and bake for 20 minutes or until cooked. Remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack.

To Serve

Cut the cooled shortbread into 8 servings, then halve each piece.
On the base of each serving add some whipped cream. Top with the canned strawberries. Top with the second half of the shortbread then add a second dollop of whipped cream. Finish with fresh strawberries.

Nutritional Information

Calories: 391kcalCarbohydrates: 47gProtein: 4gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 12gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 74mgSodium: 271mgPotassium: 136mgFiber: 2gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 634IUVitamin C: 34mgCalcium: 122mgIron: 2mg