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Blueberry Shortcakes with Whipped Cream Cheese ~ A lightly sweet and simple shortcake loaded with fresh, ripe blueberries, topped with raw sugar and served with cream cheese-whipped cream
Sometimes I get off track. It’s easy to do. I have a few recipes turn out great and think I can win the Food Network Show – Chopped. Well that’s never going to happen because I hate cooking under pressure and they would never invite me anyway. But what does happen is I try to make some ridiculous, multi-stepped, extravagant recipe that ends up in the trash. Then the cycle continues. I hate failing and try something else that takes half a day to put together.
More often than not … those lengthy, over the top recipes miss the mark and cannot stand up to the simple, less complicated, basic dishes made with fresh ingredients. It’s not even summer (just barely spring) and the grocery stores are loaded gorgeous blueberries, strawberries and blackberries. I couldn’t pass up these lovely fruits so blueberry shortcakes were on the dessert menu this week.
There are several things I LOVE about this recipe. Made with unsalted butter, flour, a small amount of cream cheese, 2 tablespoons sugar and buttermilk, these drop biscuit style shortcakes are mostly sweetened with fresh blueberries instead of a lot of sugar.
After folding in the buttermilk and blueberries, the dough is ready for the oven.
Served with a lightly sweet Whipped Cream Cheese and garnished with extra blueberries, this recipe proves what I knew all along, fruit desserts are some of the best … ever.
This recipe makes 8 blueberry shortcakes and would be great with strawberries, blackberries or raspberries too.
Simply delicious!
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Blueberry Shortcakes with Whipped Cream Cheese
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Yield: 8 shortcakes
Course: Dessert
A lightly sweet and simple shortcake loaded with fresh, ripe blueberries and topped with cream cheese-whipped cream.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ¾ teaspoon Kosher salt, or other coarse salt
- 1 ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 8 ounces cream cheese, divided (2 ounces cold, 6 ounces room temperature)
- 1 cup fresh blueberries, rinsed and dried, plus more for serving
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar, plus more for serving if desired
- 1 1¼ cups heavy whipping cream
- Turbinado sugar for garnish
Instructions
- Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and/or Silpat Mats.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add 2 ounces of cold cream cheese and the butter, both cut into small pieces. Using your fingers or a pastry cutter, incorporate the butter and cream cheese until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. Put the flour mixture in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 425°F placing the racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven.
- Remove the flour mixture from the freezer and fold in the blueberries. Gradually add the buttermilk, folding the mixture carefully as so not to break the blueberries. The dough should be sticky and lumpy.
- Divide the dough into 8 even sized mounds on the two baking sheets (4 on each sheet spaced 2 inches apart). Sprinkle each with about 1 teaspoon turbinado sugar.
- Bake, rotating the sheets halfway through, for about 20 minutes or until the shortcakes are lightly browned. Let the shortcakes cool on the pan for at least 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- When ready to serve, beat together the remaining 6 ounces of cream cheese with the confectioners’ sugar with a mixer until smooth. Gradually add the cream beating just until it becomes thick and and smooth. Do not over-beat.
- Serve with shortcakes and blueberries and sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar if desired.
Recipe Notes
- Recipe Adapted from Martha Stewart
Nutrition
Calories: 571kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 47g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 156mg | Sodium: 487mg | Potassium: 163mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 1766IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 157mg | Iron: 1mg
I would tell you how long these last but we wouldn’t know. Some of my favorite taste testers stopped by the house, at just the right time, and made quick work of these shortcakes. But I’m sure I’ll make these again and next time I may use a combination of fruits like raspberries and blackberries, wouldn’t that be so pretty?!
Hope you have a nice weekend. We did! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Tricia
Megan Ginsberg
I just made blueberry cookies and now everything blueberry is jumping out at me. These shortcakes look gorgeous!
Patricia @ ButterYum
These shortcakes so have my name written all over them! – uhg… drooling!
Kitchen Belleicious
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Kitchen Belleicious
i have done this with strawberries before but never tried blueberries. I think i would rather it with blueberries! You are on to something here. I love it
Amy (Savory Moments)
These look beautiful and really delicious. I like these sort of simple desserts that highlight seasonal fruits.
Tanna at The Brick Street Bungalow
Over and over I have found this to be true, too, Tricia. I'll get sucked in to a multi-step, complicated, half-day recipe only to be disappointed… it is indeed the simple that is best. Probably that applies to all things. LOL! These look fabulous. blessings ~ tanna
Elzbieta Hester
Your shortcakes look fantastic! I'm waiting for berries to come to my market…About long recipes…I like them, but I do have to be in a particular set of mind. Otherwise…I don't even try 🙂 ela
Angie Schneider
These shortcakes with blueberries look marvelous, Tricia.<br />Have a beautiful week ahead!<br />Angie
Abbe@This is How I Cook
Love the addition of cream cheese in the biscuits. And I don't know about your failures but I have no doubt that your pictures would make them look beautiful! This looks so much better than strawberries! And blueberries are better for you, right? Especially with all that cream cheese whipped cream!
Monica
I love a simple recipe that turns out something just totally delicious. These certainly look like shortcake perfection, Tricia!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef
This post made me laugh so hard. I can relate!<br /><br />I think this is a perfect Spring or Summer dessert but it's Autumn here and I'd be happy to eat this today.
Bri
This is going on my spring dessert list! I've been looking for quick, easy, week-night (sort of) desserts that I can whip up in not a lot of time. This looks perfect, but I might try with strawberries first since those seem to be the sale fruit of the month!
Cheri Savory Spoon
Oh Tricia, this is my kind of dessert, love blueberries!
Chris Scheuer
Tricia, this sounds like the PERFECT dessert to me. It would go well anytime of the year and is something most everyone would love. The whipped cream cheese sounds heavenly too.<br />I totally understand what you mean about failing. I makes me so mad when I have to trash something but Scott always tells me "you'll never have great successes without great failures". I still don't
Kelly Janke
Tricia, omg I want to eat this!! I love a good biscuit or shortcake with fruit and fresh cream. One of my favorite summer desserts. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Heide M (TM)
I'll have to try this.
Tricia Buice
You'll love them – light and fluffy, slightly sweet and bursting with juicy blueberries. Have a great week Heide.
Judit + Corina
These blueberry shortcakes look utterly scrumptious, Tricia! Lovely photos :)<br />J+C
Tricia Buice
Thanks so much for stopping by – love your blog – so pretty!
Sue/the view from great island
These sound so light and fluffy, and all those berries in the stores have been tempting me too!
Tricia Buice
Tempting is right – just love berries!
Big Dude
These babies look delicious Tricia
Tricia Buice
Give them a try Larry – you would love 'em!
Anna and Liz Recipes
Good Morning Tricia! You are so funny! I too, do not well under pressure! These blueberry shortcakes look and sound amazing! And, your photos are stunning! Have a great day!
Tricia Buice
Ahhh thanks so much ladies! The older I get, the less I want to be pressured into anything. Except maybe taking more vacations 🙂
Anna and Liz Recipes
LOL…!! US too!!