Homemade Strawberry Shortcake is the perfect summertime snack or dessert recipe. Easy to make with only 4 ingredients and it’s low calorie!
Strawberry shortcake is the perfect summer time treat! Don’t worry, you can keep your diet with this delicious treat.
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Recipe:
2lbs Strawberries
1/2 C Splenda
Fat-Free Whipped Cream
16 shortcakes
How to Make Low Calorie Strawberry Shortcake
My 10-year-old daughter helped me makes these. She started by cutting off the leafy tops and slicing the strawberries.
Put all the slices into a bowl and add 1/2 Cup Splenda.
Stir until the sugar is well mixed and coats the strawberries evenly.
Put a lid on the bowl and set aside in the fridge. When you let it sit for a couple hours, the Splenda will create a natural strawberry syrup that is delightful!
This is what they will look like after a while. The longer you let them sit the more syrup they will create.
When the strawberries are ready you can begin layering the shortcake. This is the fun part because you can add as much or as little of the toppings as you would like.
I start with 1 shortcake, a scoop of fat-free Whipped Cream, a spoonful of strawberries and then repeated for a Double Decker Strawberry Shortcake.
Here are the calorie counts:
- 1 shortcake – 110 calories
- 1/2 Cup sliced Strawberries w/ Splenda – 50 calories
- 1/2 Cup Fat-Free Whipped Cream – 50 calories
That means my huge double decker Strawberry Shortcake is 320 calories, but I could have easily only had 1 shortcake with half the whipped cream and strawberries for 160.
Now that is not a bad dessert – and delicious too!
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Theresa McCabe says
this looks so delicious!
Kelley @ TheGrantLife.com says
Yum! These are my favs!
Kara at Petals to Picots says
Yummo is right!
momto8blog says
perfect!! and the strawberries are in season now!! I love the recipe.
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Tauni says
This looks absolutely delicious! I seriously cannot wait to try it. I am picking up the ingredients tomorrow!
xoxo, Tauni
Michelles Tasty Creations says
This looks delicious and perfect for a summer dessert. I love fresh strawberries. Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday this week. I can’t wait to see what you link up next week. Have a great weekend.
Michelle
Mary Sullivan Frasier says
Yummm! This shortcake looks way too good to be low calorie! I’ve never used Splenda on berries before, so I’m really looking forward to trying it. Stopping by and newly following on GFC, Linky, Pinterest & Facebook from The Creative Corner Hop. Thanks so much for sharing your yummy shortcake! ~Mary
Rachel says
I love strawberries. This looks delicious! Thanks for sharing at Terrific Tuesdays.
Rachel
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Kadie says
I love strawberry short cake!! I adore it in double decker form!!:) Thanks for sharing with us at Link It Up Thursday.
DebbieDoesCreations says
I love me a good strawberry shortcake and love letting them sit in the sugar 🙂 Thanks for sharing at Toot Your Horn Tuesday 🙂
AmieAnn says
Mmmm! Anything with strawberries is a HIT in my book! This looks soo yummy.. I would eat that for breakfast and dessert!
Thanks for sharing with the Pink Hippo~
xoxo
Amie @ Pinkapotamus
shopannies says
this sounds so delicious love strawberries come see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com
Lizbeth McGow says
I’ve been looking for a good and fast recipe for this dessert! I think I just hit gold with yours, love it! Thank You for posting!
anna says
I love Strawberries and I love shortcake. I didn’t think it possible to make a low calorie version. I will be trying this for sure
Anna Powell says
thanks for the detailed images. It really helps. Saw this on pinterest. I had to click when I saw low calorie…LOL
Donna says
Hi, Katie,
Thanks for your nice shortcake recipe. The strawberries are really looking so good. Just downloaded the pdf file for trying it soon.
Milkfrothertop says
MMM, strawberries) This looks soo yummy.) I am picking up the ingredients tomorrow!