Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake made with farm fresh eggs, strawberries, and buttermilk is one of the easiest desserts to make from scratch.
Are you looking forward to strawberry picking season as much as I am?! We’ve had a lot of snow this year and the weather’s been really wet the last few weeks. I’m looking forward to sun kissed hair, flip flops, and picking berries at local farms. And, with strawberry picking season comes amazing homemade jams and desserts. One of my absolute favorites is Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake. Super simple to make and wonderful flavor.
Each spring, as a young girl, we went as a family to a local farm to pick strawberries. Many times, my dad would barter with that farm and trade them pure maple syrup we had produced for a full flat of berries. Today, we have the same tradition with our boys. I love buying something that is locally produced and supporting local farms! It’s extremely important to our family. Because, growing up on a small farm had it’s struggles, but without a doubt, helped mold me into the individual who I am today. Buying local helps keep invest in your own local economy, saves fuel, and therefore emissions, and brings you locally grown produce that is often picked the day you make your purchase.
How to preserve freshly picked fruit:
If you get the chance, save a few berries. Hull the strawberries, wash, and place them in freezer Ziploc bags. Plop them in the freezer at the peak of their freshness, then try your hand at a batch of my Mixed Berry Jam. 
Haven’t made jam before? No worries, I’ll walk you through step by step. Want to try your hand at a few more canning projects? Maybe Bread and Butter Pickles or Raspberry Rhubarb Jam. Order a copy of my latest cookbook, A Farmgirl’s Table! There’s everything from homemade breads, jams, jellies, pickles, cakes, and savory dishes! As always, thanks for stopping by!
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Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake
Old fashioned style sweet biscuits topped with freshly whipped cream and sliced strawberries.
Ingredients
- Strawberries:
- 4 cups strawberries halved or quartered
- 1/4-1/2 cup granulated sugar
- Shortcakes:
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Whipped cream:
- 1 pint whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Instructions
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Mix the strawberries with the sugar in a medium bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed. This will help draw out the natural juices in the strawberries.
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Using a hand mixer on high speed, beat the heavy whipping cream with sugar until you get stiff peaks. Wrap with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator.
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In a medium bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, melted butter and buttermilk until a soft dough forms. Drop by the spoonful onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake in a preheated 425 degree F oven for about 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. Split shortcakes with a knife and place in shallow bowls. Fill with strawberries and whipped cream.
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My Mum used to make a similar cake when I was little. Thanks for bringing back the memories, I will have to try your version.
I love old fashion shortcake! This is perfect for tonight dinner, mmm shortcake, I better start making this now because I am seriously drooling over this now!
The best strawberries I have ever eaten are always the ones straight from my garden or local strawberry farm. The sun-kissed skin is like nothing you can get at the grocery. I just moved so I have to start over with my strawberry plants, but I brought some with me and hopefully they will take this spring! You’re shortcake recipe looks lovely. I forget how simple it is to make.
This looks so delicious. I’ll have to make it when strawberries come into season so I could use the local kind.
Oh yummy! This looks fantastic! My grandmother used to always make fresh strawberry shortcake. I loved it! Your cookbook looks like it has some great recipes. Going to check it out!
Strawberry shortcake is my FAVE! What a wonderful old fashioned summertime recipe, can’t wait to serve this at a pool party BBQ!
WoW, this looks so yummm!! It’s been ages since I baked any old fashioned dessert and with fresh strawberries in the fridge right now, this looks like a wonderful treat 🙂
Yum! This recipe has got me very much looking forward to strawberry season. This is my kind of recipe!
This sounds amazing!
I love strawberry shortcakes and these are just screaming my name! I like to let the strawberries sit on the shortcake for a little bit so the cake becomes all soggy! Mmm.. I’m drooling over here!
There is nothing better! Love strawberry shortcake and this looks sooo good!
How pretty this shortcake is, here in Florida we grow our own strawberries in Plant city. We have them just about all year long and I will surely be saving your recipe!
I too was brought up in a regional town. We owned a banana plantation which also “spontaneously” grew chokos. We were always swapping produce with neighbours or giving them tomatoes and chokos and getting back preserved. I loved you post and your strawberry shortcakes. I can’t wait to try your recipe. 😊
Thanks for sharing
Julie
Julie,
That is so cool!! We bartered with our farm grown pork and my moms homemade pies, cakes, breads, jams, and pickles all the time growing up. Your childhood sounds so similar to mine! Except more exotic! 🙂
This looks incredible, I love when strawberries are in season, can’t wait to make this tasty looking shortcake for myself!
I love strawberry shortcake and can’t wait for summer…love your tips on preserving fruit! Thanks
Wajeeha,
Thanks so much for visiting! I love old fashioned strawberry shortcake, it reminds me of my childhood on the farm.
Classics can never go out of style! I’ve never made shortcake before, and this one is tempting me to give it a try! Thanks for sharing.
Shinta, Thanks so much for stopping by! Gotta love an old fashioned dessert that doesn’t take a bunch of time to create! Especially with strawberry season right around the corner!
My granny used to make these cakes. They seemed exactly like these in your pictures. I am a foodie not much of a cooking person because I hardly get time but I love reading recipes because I try them when I am free.
Yum yum! My family used to eat tons of strawberry shortcake in the summers. I can’t wait for strawberries to be in season again soon!
Ann,
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy this strawberry shortcake recipe and it reminds you of your childhood!
This looks incredible! I don’t think I have ever tried this! It looks like the perfect summery dessert/treat!
I love old fashioned strawberry shortcake. It brings me back to childhood. I will have to make this over the weekend, because now I am craving it!
That looks absolutely hearty and delicious. I’d love to try it someday.
That all looks delicious. I ate too much strawberry shortcake once as a youngster. I didn’t end well. lol
Wow, looks like a sweet and delicious dessert. It is not too complicated to make I suppose. I would love to try and eat it after of course.
Looks delicious and so easy to make! I will try it myself with your instructions for a little garden party I have coming up!
Strawberry shortcake is my favorite summer time treat. It’s just so perfect for a hot night!
Nothing old fashioned to me about these tasty looking strawberry shortcakes.
This recipe looks delicious. It also reminds me of my grandmother. My grandmother loved to cook and back. She grew up on a farm and use to make her own perserves and jam.
The strawberry shortcakes look too delicious now that the strawberries look that juicy…ooh! I’d love it for dessert you bet. Wish I grew up where strawberries grew…
Such a old dessert recipe but it delicious and famous to everyone! I’d still love this flavor more than a new dessert recipes that are coming out.