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RECIPE #20 LULA’S STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

“Lula never did write the recipe down. She just told me how and I watched her make it a 100 times. I’ve never heard a complaint. I’ve never heard a complaint about Lula’s either and she never had any left over.” Caroline

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour
2 1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
2 tablespoons Sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
1/3 cup softened Butter
1 Cup Buttermilk
Mix dry ingredients together. Cut in the butter until mixed. Add the Buttermilk. Pat out into 2 round cake pans, sprinkle lightly with sugar and bake 15 minutes or until they begin to turn brown.

Allow to cool. Split each cake in half horizontally (that means side-ways – not up and down). Place a cake layer in a large bowl and a cup of sweetened strawberries and do the same with the remaining cake layers and strawberries.

Strawberry Filling:

6 Baskets Ripe Strawberries rinsed, drained and sliced
1Cup Sugar
Mix together and let stand at room temperature for at least an hour.

Dish into serving bowls and add a dollop (gob) of Whipped Cream.

“I never know how many will show up so I buy a flat of 12 baskets… adding more berries makes it moist and it goes farther.” Caroline

Nutrition: Food groups of Strawberries and White Cake and Whipped Cream.

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“I have food to eat that you do not know about.” Jesus