Posted on 06/14/2023 12:44:08 PM PDT by Red Badger
(Last Updated On: June 9, 2023)
NATIONAL STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DAY | JUNE 14
National Strawberry Shortcake Day on June 14th each year lands at the peak of strawberry season. While we are able to get strawberries all year long now, the best strawberries are those picked from April to June. These bright red berries during this time are sweeter and more flavorful. By adding them to a shortcake biscuit or a sponge cake, strawberry shortcake is an easy and refreshing summertime dessert!
#StrawberryShortcakeDay
Strawberries are sliced, mixed with sugar then allowed to sit for about an hour until they have surrendered plenty of their juices. The shortcakes are then split, and the bottom is covered with a layer of the strawberries, juice and whipped cream. The top is then put back on, and more strawberries, juice and whipped cream are added to finish it off.
HOW TO OBSERVE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DAY
There are several ways to enjoy today. The first and most obvious way is by making a strawberry shortcake to share. There are other delicious desserts to make featuring strawberry shortcake, too.
Visit a pick your own strawberry patch to make the day an adventure.
Make a strawberry shortcake trifle.
Enjoy strawberry shortcake ice cream.
Add mixed berries to your shortcake, too!
Don’t forget to check out all the other strawberry celebrations on the calendar. There are plenty to go around! Share your favorite recipes using #StrawberryShortcakeDay on social media.
NATIONAL STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DAY HISTORY
National Day Calendar is researching the origins of this seasonal cake holiday. In the meantime, check out these other fruit related celebrations:
Blueberry Muffin Day
Raspberry Cake Day
Raspberry Cream Pie Day
Peach Pie Day
Banana Split Day
Cherry Turnover Day
Strawberry Shortcake Ping!..................
Question:
Although strawberry shortcake was not a big part of my childhood, my mother would make it occasionally. And the bottom layer was always a small, round sponge cake. As far as I knew, that was universal. As I got older, I realized that it seemed more common to have a bottom layer that is closer to a soft, lumpy biscuit.
Is this a regional thing? The picture on this thread seems to be the sponge cake variety. How many people think that is “normal”? I used to, but have come to consider it “non-traditional”. Just wondering how people see that.
All I ever knew was the sponge cake version..................
Thinking regional, more into blackberry cobbler and dewberries with ice cream.
And mustang grape jam...
The biscuit thing is shortcake, according to the definition of shortcake as a crumbly biscuit with lots of shortening in it. I don’t know what got people using sponge cake instead, because there’s no comparison. Seems like all you see in stores is the little sponge cakes, but real shortcake is very easy to make.
We used Sara Lee frozen pound cake when I was growing up.
Now I use slices of lemon pound cake I find in the store bakery with non-sweetened whipped cream and fresh strawberry syrup.
My dad grew strawberries. Daily harvest was 1 to 2 dozen. Mom’s shortcake used sponge cake, berries and Cool Whip or ice cream. She also froze berries for later use.
Strawberries - easy to grow and delicious!
“Granny, we just got out of school! Can we go swimmin’ in the quarry?”
“As soon as you finish pickin’ berries!”
I miss Pleasant Grove.
God, I miss being a kid...
I sure don’t miss picking strawberries. Up at 4:00 to catch the bus, then spend all day crawling in the dirt picking berries at 60 cents a crate. Still, there weren’t that many jobs outside the house for seven-year-olds where you could earn actual cash money.
I wouldn’t eat strawberries for years. Still not crazy about them.
My absolute favorite. And I don’t have any in the house!
My Dad’s all time favorite dessert!
I have heavy cream and will be making real whipped cream for my pig out.
My dad grew strawberries.
We grew a number of different varieties, some everbearing, some June bearing. The best were the everbearing. The June bearing had the biggest yield. The best ever were the Ogallala. They are a cross with wild strawberries. Commercial strawberries have gon the way of commercial tomatoes. The flavor is gone.
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