Best Individual Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Cups Recipes

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE CUPS

Steps:

• Mash or slice the strawberries; place in a large bowl. Add 2 tablespoons sugar and set aside. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt and remaining sugar; cut in butter until crumbly. In a small bowl, beat egg and milk; stir into flour mixture just until moistened. , Fill 8 greased muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 425° until golden, about 12 minutes. Remove from the pan to cool on a wire rack. , Just before serving, split shortcakes in half horizontally. Spoon berries and whipped cream between layers and over tops of shortcakes.

TINY STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES

Steps:

• Position an oven rack at the center of the oven, and preheat to 400 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
• Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Add the cream, lemon juice and lemon zest, and stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture just forms a dough. Gather the dough into a ball, and transfer it to a flour-dusted work surface. Pat it into a 1/2-inch-thick circle. Cut out as many mini biscuits as you can with a 1-inch round cookie cutter. Gently press the scraps together, and repeat. Arrange the biscuits 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. Brush them with more cream, and sprinkle with a little sugar.
• Bake 1 sheet of biscuits on the center rack until they are just golden, about 10 minutes; repeat with the second sheet. While they are still warm, use the rounded side of a 1/4 teaspoon measuring spoon to make an indentation on the top of each. Transfer to a rack to cool completely.
• Toss together the strawberries and jam in a small bowl, and fill each biscuit indentation with some of the mixture. Top with a small dollop of whipped cream and a mint leaf. (The shortcakes can be made and refrigerated up to 2 hours before serving.)

INDIVIDUAL STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE ICE CREAM CUPS

Steps:

• Line a muffin tin with plastic wrap. You will only use 6 of the cups.
• Slice the pound cake widthwise into twelve 1/4-inch-thick slices. Using a 5-ounce can (a small tomato paste can works well), cut 6 circles out of 6 slices of cake. With the remaining 6 slices, use a 15-ounce can to make 6 slightly larger circles of cake for the tops. You should end up with 6 small circles and 6 large circles.
• Put the small circles of cake on the bottom of each of the 6 individual muffin cups. Then, line each muffin cup with slices of strawberries to create a wall. You now should have 6 individual holders lined at the bottom with cake and along the sides with strawberries. Fill each cake cup with a scoop of ice cream and place the larger circles of cake on top to form lids. Wrap the whole tin in plastic wrap and place in the freezer for at least an hour to firm up.
• To serve, gently lift each individual ice cream cake out of the tin, using the plastic wrap to help them release. Place each cake upside down on a dessert plate. Drizzle melted strawberry sorbet over the cake.