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Today on The Stay At Home Chef
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I'm showing you how to make
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Strawberry Shortcake
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Strawberry Shortcake is a beautiful dessert that's perfect
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for spring and summer when strawberries are in season
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To start you'll need
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4 cups of all purpose flour
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You want to place that into the bowl of a food processor
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Now you could also do this in a bowl with a pastry cutter
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but trust me, a food processor is a lot easier
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Next add in 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
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2 tablespoons of baking powder
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and 2 teaspoons of salt
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Then we'll pop the lid on and give this a quick pulse
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Now this is a lot of the flour mixture so
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depending on the size of your food processor
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you may need to do this in batches
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We are making a three layer strawberry shortcake
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so it's a lot of dough
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Next you'll need 8 tablespoons of cubed salted butter
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We'll place that in and we'll start mixing that in as well
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or you can use a pastry cutter if you're doing this by hand
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So just a few pulses to combine until it looks like cornmeal
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Once the butter is all cut in we're going to pour this
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into a large mixing bowl
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Now if you don't have a food processor
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you'd be using a pastry cutter like this
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and rocking it gently back and forth to cut all of the butter in
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Or if you don't have a pastry cutter
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you'd use two butter knives and simply cross them
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against each other to cut the butter in that way
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but that is significantly harder
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Then we'll pour in 1 cup of milk and I'd use either
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2% or whole milk as well as
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1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream
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and we're going to stir this together
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You should end up with a nice sticky dough
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Divide it into 3 pieces
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Preheat your oven to 400 degrees
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and lightly grease three 9-inch cake pans
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and I like to add a little piece of parchment paper
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on the bottom to make sure our cakes come out super easy
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Take each piece of dough and press it gently
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into the bottom of that pan and you want it to be
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as flat and smooth as possible
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Once they're all smooshed in the pan
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we're going to bake these at 400 degrees fahrenheit
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for 20 to 25 minutes until the tops are golden brown
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Meanwhile we're going to put together our strawberry
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and whipped cream fillings
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You'll need 2 pounds of quartered strawberries in a bowl
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You'll want to sprinkle on 2 tablespoons of sugar
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the zest from 1 lemon
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and the juice from 1 lemon which is about 4 tablespoons
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and toss it all together
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Set those aside and they'll get all sweet and syrup-y
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and delicious
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I love adding the lemon and lemon zest because
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it adds a lot of brightness to the strawberries
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Next we're going to make our whipped cream
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and we want to make a stabilized whipped cream
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so we have some special additions today
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Pour 2 cups of heavy cream into the bowl of a stand mixer
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or if you don't have one you can also use a hand mixer
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Then we'll sprinkle in
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1/3 cup of powdered sugar
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which has cornstarch cut in and will help stabilize it
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then I add in 2 tablespoons of actual cornstarch as well
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and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
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and we'll start this whipping
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Now instead of using the cornstarch and powdered sugar
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you could also use gelatin but I find that this
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is an easier way to stabilize whipped cream at home
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After a few minutes of whipping
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stiff peaks will form and you're ready
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Place your whipped cream in the fridge until
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you are ready to assemble the cake
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You need the cake layers to be completely cool
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before assembling or your whipped cream will melt
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Start assembling by placing a bunch of strawberries
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on the first layer
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Then we're going to take our whipped cream
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I've put mine in a piping bag but you can just scoop it on
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with a spoon as well
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And we'll give a nice layer of whipped cream as well
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Get some of those berries back on
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And then just keep on layering until you get to the top
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On this top pieces I'm just going to give a swirl
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in the middle and finish it off with
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a little pile of berries on top
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This cake is best eaten fresh
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and needs to be stored in the refrigerator
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Now I'm sure you're all wondering how to cut it
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The trick is to use a serrated knife
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That'll give you a clean slice
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Thanks for watching!
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