Blackberries And Chocolate Shortcake
From sunny 16 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This is an adaptation of a recipe from a magazine to take advantage of the berries I have so many of at this time of year.
Ingredients
- biscuits shopping list
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour shopping list
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder shopping list
- 1/2 cup sugar - I use splenda shopping list
- 1 tablespoon baking powder shopping list
- 1/8 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 cup chilled whipping cream shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- blackberries shopping list
- 3 cups fresh blackberries shopping list
- 6 tablespoons splenda shopping list
- 2 tablespoons triple sec shopping list
- Pinch of salt shopping list
- 1/2 cup chilled whipping cream shopping list
- 1/2 cup chilled cream fraiche shopping list
- 2 T powdered sugar shopping list
How to make it
- For biscuits: Preheat oven to 400°F. Line baking sheet with parchment. Whisk first 5 ingredients in large bowl. Using electric mixer, beat cream and vanilla in medium bowl until firm peaks form. Stir cream into flour mixture until moist clumps form. Transfer mixture to lightly floured surface and knead gently until dough forms ball, about 10 turns. Pat dough out to 3/4-inch thickness. Using 3-inch cutter, cut out biscuits. Gather dough, pat out again, and cut out total of 6 biscuits. Place biscuits on prepared baking sheet.
- Bake biscuits until toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean, about 15 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool. DO AHEAD Can be made 6 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
- For Blackberries:
- Stir blackberries, 6 tablespoons splenda, Triple Sec and salt in medium bowl. Cover and chill at least 1 hour and up to 2 hours.
- Using electric mixer, beat chilled whipping cream, creme fraiche and 2 tablespoons powdered sugar until soft peaks form. Place 1 biscuit on each of 6 plates. Place large spoonful of berries with juices atop biscuits. Top with whipped cream. Pass remaining berries alongside.
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