Peach short cake
Ingredients for short cake
- Flour 3 cups
- Caster sugar ½ cup
- Baking powder 4 tsp
- Salt ½ tsp
- Chilled butter 4 ounce
- Egg 1
- Milk ½ cup
Ingredients for filling
- Canned peaches
- Granulated sugar 6 tbsp
- Cream whipped 12 ounces
- Icing sugar 2 tbsp
- Vanilla essence ½ tsp
Method for base
- Sieve flour, baking powder and salt, mix in butter, make a well in centre add eggs, milk, mix with fork to form a soft dough, turn on lightly floured surface, leave gently, press into 3 greased 8 inches pan, bake on 200 degree C for 15 minutes until golden.
Method for filling
- Beat cream with icing sugar, spread 1 short cake over a serving platter, spread with peaches then cream, second layer of short cake, peaches and cream, final layer of short cake, spread cream over a top layer, decorate with peaches, cut into wedges.
To serve
- Serve chilled.
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