Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake

Here is the recipe for the shortcake part of the strawberry shortcake.  It just a basic pound cake recipe but super easy and yummy and it freezes well too!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup white sugar
• 5 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 5 egg whites

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8x4-inch loaf pan. Sift together flour and baking powder.
2. In a large mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter. Beat in the egg yolks. Beat in flour mixture. Stir in the vanilla and lemon extracts.
3. In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold 1/3 of the whites into the batter, then quickly fold in remaining whites until no streaks remain.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour.                                                                                       

•   I just cut up my strawberries in bite sized pieces and added sugar to them to make the juice. Top pound cake with strawberries and whip cream--yummy!

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