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Originally Posted by Daryn

And can this be made in a toaster oven?

If your cake pan fits in your toaster oven, and if your toaster oven will hold a steady temperature, yes.

I don't have a good shortcake recipe because I discovered the joy of southern style strawberry shortcake--on biscuits! Hm. I went to King Arthur Flour to get you a "real" shortcake recipe---they're all biscuits too! lol! This is cracking me up... everywhere I look, the recipes are biscuits!

here's one from allrecipes.com. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/scrumptious-strawberry-shortcake/detail.aspx

That's a biscuit-type recipe too, but it should bake okay in a toaster oven.

Now if you mean "shortcake" like I grew up with, those round light actual cakes, they're really sponge cake baked like flat cupcakes.

Once I had strawberry shortcake on a biscuit, I never looked back, lol.... here's my latest recipe (probably not toaster-ovenable because of the high heat).
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Lemon Cardamom Biscuits

1/4 cup lemon juice
3 drops lemon extract (that bottle's gonna last me a lonnnnggg time, lol)
1 cup milk

Measure into large cup and let sour.

3 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon cardamom
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 Tablespoon baking powder

Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly.

2 1/2 Tablespoons butter (I do mean real butter--the difference is phenomenal)

Cut in until particles are evenly fine and no lumps remain.

Stir in sour milk until all flour is incorporated. Drop by large spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. Bake at 450 F until the peaks are just barely browned. (Turn the baking sheet once if necessary to ensure they cook evenly.)

Remove from sheet, split, butter, and top with sliced, sugared berries and homemade whipped cream.

Makes 12.