Mmm … Ever since Saturday, I’ve been longing for strawberry shortcake. But … no strawberries.

Today, though, when Mom was at the store? They had lots of strawberries! So she bought some, and some cream, and I came home and baked. A rare thing for me, really, on weekdays.

Worth it, though.

I used this recipe, for what’s basically a big, one-piece scone. You bake it, split it in half, and then layer it with strawberries and whipped cream. (Cream which I whipped with a little gelatin which will hopefully keep it from deflating in the next couple days.)

For assembly? This needs to be refrigerated, and ours isn’t exactly large. Not only that, strawberry shortcake by its nature is messy. Whipped cream drips, strawberries fall out. Trying to cover it in plastic wrap just makes a mess. And a platter big enough to catch any of the drips would just take too much space in an already crowded refrigerator.

So, I put it together in a pie plate. It’s the same size as the shortcake, and it’s got sides to help keep things in control. The whole thing is in the big, tupperware cake container we’ve had for ages, and it’s just sitting down there, tempting me …

Um.

Gotta go.

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