Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake With Grand Marnier Cream

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons grated orange rind
• 2/3 cup unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 4 cups strawberries, sliced
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons grand marnier

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• 2 in bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and baking soda.
• 3 stir in orange rind.
• 4 cut in butter until mixture resembles bread crumbs.
• 5 stir in enough buttermilk (roughly 3/4 cup) until dough clings together.
• 6 place dough on a floured board and knead 4 or 5 times.
• 7 roll or pat into 8" round.
• 8 place on cookie sheet.
• 9 brush with the 1 tbsp buttermilk and sprinkle with 1 tsp sugar.
• 10 bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• 11 cool on rack, then split into two horizontally.
• 12 in bowl, mix strawberries and 1/2 cup sugar.
• 13 let sit for 30 minutes.
• 14 just before serving, whip cream along with 2 tbsp sugar until cream forms stiff peaks.
• 15 fold in sour cream and grand marnier.
• 16 to serve, spread bottom cake layer with 3/4 of cream mixture.
• 17 top with 3/4 of the strawberries.
• 18 put the second cake layer on top and decorate with the remaining cream and strawberries.