Strawberry Short Cake With A Couple Of Twists Food

TWISTED STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

Steps:

• Prepare pudding mixes with milk as directed on package. Gently stir in whipped topping.
• Place cake cubes in large bowl. Drizzle orange juice over cake, then toss to coat. Place half of the cake cubes in deep glass serving bowl; cover with layers of half each of the pudding mixture, strawberries and chocolate. Top with layers or remaining cake cubes, pudding mixture, strawberries and chocolate.
• Refrigerate at least 30 minutes or until ready to serve.
• Baker's semi-sweet chocolate also works well in this recipe. To easily grate chocolate, microwave unwrapped squares on medium 15 seconds before grating.

STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE... WITH A COUPLE OF TWISTS.

Steps:

• Cut the cake squares in half. So that you are able to build sort of a sandwich.
• In a large bowl add strawberries and sugar. Stir.
• Let sit 5 minutes. Then season with cracked black pepper. ( i know this sounds odd -- but it's delicious).
• To assemble the cake:.
• One layer of cake, topped with a spoon full of lemon curd.
• Top that with a generous helping of the strawberry mixture.
• Topped with whipped cream.
• Topped with second layer of cake.
• Topped with more strawberry and more cream.
• Enjoy.

INDIVIDUAL STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES BY PAULA DEEN

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl, toss the strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar together.
• Set aside until time to serve.
• In the bowl of a food processor, pulse together flour, baking powder, salt and 3 tablespoons of sugar.
• Then pulse in the cold butter cubes until a coarse meal is formed.
• Turn the flour mixture out into a large mixing bowl and make a well in the center.
• Pour in 2/3 cup half-and-half and gently mix it in with a rubber spatula or fork - be careful not to over mix the dough or the biscuits will be tough.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and fold it over itself a couple of times until it just holds together.
• Pat the dough out to 3/4" thickness and cut out 8 round 3" biscuits.
• Transfer the biscuits to a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
• Brush the tops of each biscuit with the remaining half and half and sprinkle each with 1 teaspoon sugar.
• Bake in a preheated 400° oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until the biscuits have risen and are a light golden brown.
• Remove from the oven and let cool slightly.
• Split each biscuit, spoon some strawberries on the bottom piece, then whipped cream and top with the other biscuit half.
• Garnish with more strawberries.

EASY STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES

Steps:

• Clean and mash strawberries. Add sugar and water let set for about 1 hour to make juice on berries.
• When ready to serve, place a Twinkie in a dessert bowl and top with some of the strawberry mixture.
• Top with Cool Whip.
• Drizzle with Magic Shell--make sure you get a few stripes on the bowl to make it look fancy.
• Place in the fridge for about 10 minutes, or until the Magic Shell hardens. Serve.