This section is from the book "Betty Crocker's Cookbook For Boys and Girls", by Betty Crocker. Also available from Amazon: Betty Crocker's Cookbook for Boys and Girls.
The Ail-American dessert. Now you can enjoy it the year around, with fresh or frozen berries.
Heat oven to 450°.
Grease two 8-inch layer pans.
Stir together in a bowl
2 cups sifted Gold Medal Flour
2 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt
With pastry blender, cut in fine
Vz cup shortening
Stir in, with fork, just until blended
1 cup milk
Spread dough in pans. Dot with butter.
Bake about 15 minutes, until medium brown.
Place one layer on serving plate upside down; cover with sweetened berries; top with other layer, right side up; cover with more berries.
Serve warm with plain or whipped cream.
6 to 8 servings.
If you like, you can make small shortcakes like the one photographed on page 157.
It's easier to mix the dry ingredients with a fork.
A pastry blender is best for cutting in shortening.
Use a rubber scraper to spread the dough, then dot on small bits of butter.
The berries stay on the cake better if you turn the bottom layer upside down.
 
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