Strawberry Shortcake

I used this Gourmet magazine recipe for the shortcake but used about half as much sugar as it called for and substituted the buttermilk for about 2 parts cream to 1 part sour cream. As for the berries, I sliced them up and poured over a little vanilla extract and some maple syrup and let them sit for about 45 minutes. We used raw cream for the whipped cream and I sweetened it with a little agave and cointreau. Deeelish!

Sweet Cream Buscuits with Butter and Blackberry Compote

It's 11am and I've already made and eaten these delicious biscuits! I was browsing Tastespotting a few days ago and came across this recipe for sweet cream biscuits. So, this morning I woke up with a hankering for a biscuit and started making them as soon as I got out of bed. They literally took 5 minutes to prepare! While they were baking in the oven, I realized that my raspberry jam was moldy so I quickly made up a little compote with some blackberries that I luckily had in the fridge. For the compote, I simply combined some sugar and water in a pan and added in a few handfuls of mashed up blackberries. I squeezed in some lemon and finally spooned it over the biscuits.