Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

A piece of a strawberry shortcake ice box cake on a plate with a white bamboo spoon.

This no-bake strawberry shortcake recipe is easy and quick to put together but still has all the flavours and texture of a classic strawberry shortcake.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: New Zealand

Keyword: strawberry short cake, strawberry shortcake recipe, strawberry ice box cake, gluten free strawberry shortcake

Servings: servings

Calories: 308kcal

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Ingredients

500 milliliters cream
¼ cup icing sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
500 grams strawberries
½ cup strawberry puree
320 grams cookies I used gluten free scotch finger biscuits.

Instructions

Prep

In a mixing bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer) place the cream, icing sugar and vanilla extract. Beat until stiff peaks form.
Wash and hull the strawberries. Dice the three quaters of the strawberries. In a mixing bowl combine the diced strawberries with the strawberry puree. The remaining strawberries will go on the top of the frozen strawberry shortcake Slice these strawberries in half.

Assembly

Spread a thin layer of whipped cream in the bottom of a 20 x 20 cm square dish.
Add a single layer of plain cookies, top the cookies with ⅓ of the whipped cream spreading the cream in an even layer with a spatula. Add ½ of the strawberry/strawberry puree mixtre in an even layer.
You are now going to repeat these layers as follows:
Cookies
Cream
Strawberries
Cookies
Cream
Arrang the remaining strawberry slices on top of the cream.
Cover the dish with cling film and refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving. (Overnight is Perfect)
Enjoy!

Notes

Time is important: The flavor is best the longer the cream cookies and strawberry juices hang out together.
If you are pushed for time you can absolutely use the freezer instead of the fridge, chill the cake until solid so that it can be sliced if you freeze it for too long you and you can't slice it leave on the bench for a while.
Cream: The whipping cream can be substituted for coconut cream or milk to make a dairy free whipped cream
Icing sugar: This is powdered sugar, in some countered it is known as confectioners sugar.
Strawberries: This recipe works equally as well with fresh strawberries or frozen strawberries. You could also try other berries, raspberries and raspberry puree for example.
Strawberry puree: Homemade strawberry puree is quick to make and brings this dessert to the next level. But you could use strawberry jam at a pinch.
Cookies/biscuits: I used free from gluten scotch finger biscuits that are dairy free and egg free as well but you can use your favourite cookies or biscuits.

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