Strawberry Shortcake flavors for the summer and served family style! Chunks of buttery pound cake topped with fresh strawberries and whipped cream!
Strawberry shortcake. I mean what can be better for a summer dessert than dollops of whipped cream, fresh sweet strawberries, and pound cake? It must be one of the simplest desserts out there, but I'm throwing a strawberry shortcake curveball at ya'll. These squares of pound cake are first lightly sauteed in melted butter, a lot of melted butter because pound cake never has enough butter (said no one ever).And that's really all there is to this famous dessert, I wish I could give you guys more but this is designed to be made in less than 10 minutes and served at the table family style, preferably outside on a gorgeous summer's day with a few strawberry basil cocktails on the side!
I also tossed the strawberries in some melted strawberry jam, just to increase that sweet flavor. The secret to this awesome shortcake is tossing the pound cake squares in the butter bath. You'll be amazed how quickly the cake absorbs the melted butter, but wow that flavor along with the crunchy toasted sides of the pound cake!
Tips for making my strawberry shortcake with buttery pound cake
Save yourself a lot of time by picking up a store-bought pound cake. This dessert is meant to be easy so let's keep it that way! Melt the butter on low or it'll turn brown and for this dessert, we don't want brown butter. Gently toss the cake squares in the butter, we want to keep them as squares and not a bunch of mushy crumbs in a pan. Keep a close eye on them as they soak up all that butter. It'll happen pretty quickly and once you see the butter has been absorbed, then it's time for the cake squares to come off the heat or they'll burn too. I used strawberry jam but any decent berry jam will work too.
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