# Poll:  Strawberry Shortcake Or Cream Cheese Pound Cake With Strawberry Coulis?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-strawberry-shortcake-or-cream-cheese-pound-cake-with-strawberry-coulis/535696>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 11, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-strawberry-shortcake-or-cream-cheese-pound-cake-with-strawberry-coulis/535696 "2010-04-11T03:37:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-strawberry-shortcake-or-cream-cheese-pound-cake-with-strawberry-coulis/535696/21 "2010-04-12T19:27:13Z")

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> Both look good, but I’m giving a slight edge to the shortcake in option 1. It looks lighter, and I like lighter things with strawberries which has a delicate flavor to me.

Belgian waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-strawberry-shortcake-or-cream-cheese-pound-cake-with-strawberry-coulis/535696/22 "2010-04-12T20:58:59Z")

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**Alice** , I’m not sure if that was directed at me, but let me assure you that my Gramma would never dream of using the little store-bought sponge cakes. Really, did you think that someone who would pick the strawberries the same day and whip the cream by hand would not put similar care into the cakes themselves?

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**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-strawberry-shortcake-or-cream-cheese-pound-cake-with-strawberry-coulis/535696/23 "2010-04-13T00:34:53Z")

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Nah, I was just saying…

I did make the cake. It was delicious, everything I’d hoped for.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-strawberry-shortcake-or-cream-cheese-pound-cake-with-strawberry-coulis/535696/24 "2010-04-13T00:47:42Z")

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Some years ago, my mother prepared a sponge cake to be had with strawberries. She also offered either whipped cream or custard sauce to go on top. My sister, in a moment of true genius, said, “Why not both?” And both it was from then on.

So, in the spirit of my sister (who was about forty when she made that suggestion - I was about thirty), I say, why choose? Go with both!

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