Easy And Tasty Strawberry Shortcake

This comes from chic & easy, a new show by food network. i made this tonight and it hardly took any time at all. the entire family ate it up.

Mix strawberries with 3 tablespoons sugar and refrigerate while juices develop , at least 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees f.

Sift together the flour , baking powder , baking soda , remaining 2 tablespoons sugar , and salt in a medium bowl.

Add heavy cream and mix until just combined.

Place mixture in an ungreased 8-inch square pan and bake until golden , 18 to 20 minutes.

Place a metal bowl and beaters in the freezer during shortcake cooking time.

Remove shortcake from pan and place on a rack to cool slightly.

Cut into 6 pieces and split each piece in half horizontally.

Mix all whipped cream ingredients in the metal bowl with metal beaters about 1 1 / 2 to 2 minutes.

Spoon some of the strawberries with their juice onto each shortcake bottom.

Top with a generous dollop of whipped cream and then the shortcake top.

Spoon more strawberries over the top and serve.

strawberries, sugar, all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, heavy cream, vanilla extract, lemon zest