Chocolate Shortcake Recipe

Chocolate Shortcake Ingredients

2 cups Flour, all purpose
1/2 cups Sugar, granulated
1/3 cups Cocoa powder, unsweetened
1 tablespoons Baking powder
1 teaspoons Baking soda
1/2 cups Butter or margarine, cold
1 cup Buttermilk OR plain low-fat
Yogurt 2 teaspoons Sugar

Chocolate Shortcake Directions

Heat oven to 375 degrees.
Grease 2 cookie sheets.
In a large bowl mix flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda.
Cut butter in pieces.
With pastry blender or 2 knives cut butter into flour mixture until coarse crumbs form.
with a fork stir in buttermilk or yogurt until mixture clumps together.
Divide in half.
Put each on a cookie sheet in a 6-inch round.
Sprinkle each with sugar.
Bake one at a time 20 minutes until pick inserted in center comes out clean.
cool on sheet on rack 5 minutes before removing to rack to cool completely.
To Make Strawberry Shortcake: Not more than 2 hours before serving.
Layer with cream and berries.
Top with cream.
Garnish with a whole berry.
Just before serving pour on chocolate topping.