Sourdough strawberry cake

 
                         SOURDOUGH STRAWBERRY CAKE
 
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 Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Desserts
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
                         -kyllikki fuller bhhj17b
      1/2   ts           -salt
    2       c            Flour
      1/2   c            Butter
    3       ts           Baking powder
      2/3   c            Sourdough starter -- *
      1/2   ts           Nutmeg
      1/2   c            Heavy cream
    3       tb           Sugar
    1                    Egg
                         -----fruit topping-----
    2       pt           Strawberries -- hulled
      1/4   c            Sugar
                         -----whipped topping-----
    1       c            Heavy cream
    2       tb           Amaretto
    3       tb           Sugar
 
   Mix flour, baking powder, nutmeg, sugar and salt then
   cut in butter till it resembles corse meal. Then beat
   in starter, and 1/3 cup heavy cream and 1 egg together
   till well blended. Pour all at once into dry
   ingredients and mix together with fork until it holds
   together in a loose ball. Pat lightly into a greased
   and floured 9" round or 8" square pan. set aside to
   rest while preheating oven to 450F. when oven is to
   temp bake shortcake for 18 to 22 minutes until very
   lightly browned. Cool in pan. Turn out while still
   warm and slice in half horizontally. wash and hull
   strwberries and crush enough to make 1 cup mix with
   1/4 c sugar spread on bottom layer of shortcake. Top
   with half of; 1 c heavy cream, whipped with 3 T sugar
   and amaretto. Slice remaining berries and put about
   1/3 of them on whipped cream. Top with remaining
   shortcake and berries and remaining whipped cream. *If
   you don't do sourdough susstitute 2/3 c heavy cream
   for cream and sourdough starter.
  
 
 
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