Ingredients
Instructions
- Sift flour, baking powder, cream of tartar and salt together.
- Work in fat with your fingers until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Stir in milk gradually.
- Place dough on a lightly floured board.
- Divide into 2 parts and roll each part to fit a round cake pan.
- Place first layer into lightly greased cake tin.
- Brush the dough with melted butter, then place second layer over top.
- Bake at 400f degrees for 20 minutes.
- Reserve approximately 12 choice berries for the top.
- Mash the remaining berries slightly, stir in sugar and place sweetened berries beween layers.
- Cover the top layer with sweetened flavoured whipped cream and garnish with whole berries.
- Note: The biscuit dough may be rolled and cut into round shapes as for tea biscuits, then split into halves for strawberry or peach shortcake.
- Sweetened flavoured whipped cream: Beat the cream until thick.
- Fold in sugar and vanilla.