Sunday, May 3, 2009

Sweet Melissa Sundays: Strawberry Shortcakes


This week's recipe for SMS was chosen by Wendy of the fabulous blog Pinkstripes, and boy did she pick a winner!!! 

I was really excited to make these, and they didn't disappoint. They are basically biscuits filled and topped with strawberries and whipped cream, but oh my are they delicious. The shortcake is lightly sweet and contains lemon zest to make them extra special - I thought that was one of the things that really made this recipe. 

All of the components are really simple to put together, and fast as well - the whole prep took about 15 minutes. These will be something I'll be making again and again - especially as strawberries come into season in the coming weeks! 

I substituted agave syrup for sugar in all elements of the recipe so that my sugar-free 2 1/2 year old could eat them, and they turned out just beautifully. Thanks for the great pick Wendy! Please visit Wendy's blog for the recipe. If you'd like to see the other SMS baker's creations, look here.




12 comments:

  1. Your shortcake looks beautiful. Great job! Wasn't it nice to have an easy recipe?!

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  2. Agave sugar is suitable for sugar-free? I didn't know that! I have friends that are diabetic and I'm always on the lookout for alternatives.

    Thanks!

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  3. Your shortcakes look wonderful! Mine didn't brown as much as I'd hoped. Glad you enjoyed the recipe. I thought it was fantastic!

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  4. How cool that you used agave syrup. I'm glad the shortcake was a success for you. It looks wonderful. Thanks for baking along with me this week!

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  5. You are so right the lemon zest does make these shortcakes extra special. Yours look so good!

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  6. Very sweet looking shortcake! My family loved this one.

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  7. Your shortcakes turned out lovely. I agree that it was nice to find such a simple and tasty recipe, definitely one to make again!

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  8. The lemon really put these over the top! Yours look great!

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  9. I loved these too... Yours look gorgeous!

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  10. Love the color on your shortcakes. Out of fear of overbaking them, I stopped at "light golden brown". Great job!! They look yummy.

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  11. Wow, your cakes are PERFECT, I wish I had that kind of success, but they were awesome nonetheless.

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