Name: Strawberry Shortcake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1/3 cup sugar; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 cup cold butter ((cubed)); 3/4 cups milk; 2 eggs; 2 lbs sliced strawberries ((or more to taste)); 1/4 cup sugar; 12 oz whipped cream ((homemade, storebought, or thawed Cool Whip) or more to taste)

Strawberry Shortcake is the ultimate dessert for celebrating strawberry season! 🍓 With classic drop cakes, ripe strawberries, and creamy whipped topping, it’s a treat that feels fancy but is oh-so-easy to make.

sideview of strawberry shortcake ready to serve with a small bowl of strawberries in the background

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Why You Will Love This Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

It’s a classic: This recipe for strawberry shortcake uses classic drop biscuits, just like you probably remember from your grandparents’ house or from your own house growing up.
It’s hard to go wrong when you serve this recipe: Who can resist the combination of buttery biscuits, sweet strawberries, and fluffy whipped cream? Not many people, in my experience 🙂
It’s customizable: You can serve this shortcake pre-assembled in your kitchen, or you can let everyone make their perfect custom creation.

Ingredients Needed for Homemade Strawberry Short Cake

Ingredient quantities for this easy strawberry shortcake dessert recipe are located in the recipe card at the end of the post.

Flour
Sugar
Baking powder
Salt
Butter
Milk
Eggs
Strawberries
Whipped cream: You can use this Homemade Whipped Cream recipe, or you can buy storebought (regular whipped cream or Cool Whip).

How To Make Strawberry Shortcake (Quick Overview)

The steps below are just a quick overview of how to make the shortcake. The full process in detail is located in the recipe card at the end of the post.

This recipe is super simple and is completed in three parts. First, you’ll prep your topping!

Start by prepping the strawberries. Toss the sliced strawberries with sugar in a large bowl, cover them up, and pop them in the fridge to chill.

overhead view of sliced strawberries and sugar in a glass mixing bowl ready to be used to assemble each individual shortcake

Next, if you need to make homemade whipped cream, do it now. Feel free to use my whipped cream recipe!

After your toppings are prepped, make the biscuits.

overhead view of all dry ingredients added to metal mixing bowl ready to be combined

In another bowl (I used a glass measuring cup), whisk the milk and eggs together lightly.

Pour the milk mixture into the dry ingredients…

overhead view of dry ingredients mixed and ready to have butter added and cut in

… and stir just until everything’s combined and moistened. Don’t overmix!

overhead view of wet ingredients added to dry ingredients and mixed until completely moist

Grease two baking sheets and drop the dough into 12 biscuits (about 4 rounded tablespoons per biscuit), leaving about 2 inches of space between them.

overhead view of each drop biscuit on a oven sheet pan ready to be baked

Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the biscuits are golden brown and cooked through. Take them out and let them cool on a wire rack.

overhead view of baked drop biscuits out of the oven and cooling

Time to assemble your shortcakes! I’ll show you how I assemble them, but do whatever works for you (or you can let people assemble their own).

Cut each biscuit in half and add some strawberries. (Don’t forget the juices!)

overhead view of two dishes with strawberry shortcake being assembled with the first layer being the bottom biscuit and the second layer being strawberries

Plop on some whipped cream.

overhead view of two strawberry shortcakes topped with their first layer of whipped cream

Top with the other half of the biscuit.

overhead view of strawberry short cake topped with second layer of whipped cream

Then add more whipped cream.

overhead view of two dish with strawberry short cake ready to be topped with top layer of strawberries

To the top, you can do a “sloppy” version (my personal fave!) with more strawberries and juices on top, or you can do an “elegant” version with a single sliced berry on top and more along the sides, like this:

sideview of strawberry shortcake ready to serve with multiple bowls of strawberries in the background

Serve immediately and enjoy! 🍓

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sideview of strawberry shortcake on a serving dish topped with whipped cream and strawberries

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