# Strawberry Shortcake Base: Biscuit, pound cake or other cake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937 "2010-01-06T19:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937/41 "2010-01-08T14:50:48Z")
Thanks to all for voting. I almost didn’t start this thread, as in the grand scheme of things, shortcake is hardly note-worthy. The voting is a little ahead for the biscuit instead of cake. I’ve never heard of real “shortcake” before–just biscuit vs. cake. My mother use to serve peach shortcake too. She’d also take a slice of pound cake and put a canned peach half surround by whipped cream on it. She called it “poached egg on toast.” ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937/42 "2010-01-08T15:32:41Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > That’s pretty much my take on it. If I have a dish that consists of sweetened strawberries, some sort of sweetish pastry, and some sort of cream, I’m happy. This is actually my problem with biscuits as the base. Perhaps because I don’t live in the South, they are often terrible, and not even slightly sweet. Strawberries over bitter salty biscuit is actually pretty bad, and whipped cream doesn’t fix it. I would be intrigued to try it over biscuits properly made with some skill, because it sounds nice. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937/43 "2010-01-08T17:15:16Z")
We’ve always used angel food cake. Don’t ask me why! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937/44 "2010-01-08T18:39:57Z")
Biscuits!! And the people here in the midwestern town that I live in think I am crazy for not using pound cake. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937/45 "2010-01-08T21:05:18Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > This is actually my problem with biscuits as the base. Perhaps because I don’t live in the South, they are often terrible, and not even slightly sweet. Strawberries over bitter salty biscuit is actually pretty bad, and whipped cream doesn’t fix it. > > I would be intrigued to try it over biscuits properly made with some skill, because it sounds nice. That’s why you don’t use biscuits, you use …shortcake. I guess it might be similar to a scone purchased at Starbucks, but I don’t know. It isn’t very sweet, but it absorbs the strawberry juice without getting soggy and compliments the fluffy whipped cream. Pound cake just gets soggy. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937/46 "2010-01-08T22:53:03Z")
We use angel food cake here. It’s very light and goooood. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937/47 "2010-01-08T23:10:13Z")
What’s the difference between sponge cake and Angel’s Food cake? I like 'em both. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937/48 "2010-01-08T23:38:35Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > What’s the difference between sponge cake and Angel’s Food cake? I like 'em both. Angel food has no egg yolk. It’s white with a brown crust and has a very springy texture with tiny pores. It’s usually in a specific shape from being baked in an angel food pan. Sponge cake has egg in it, so it’s yellow. Things like the shortcake shells (and Twinkies) are sponge cake. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937/49 "2010-01-09T00:35:00Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Angel food has no egg yolk. It’s white with a brown crust and has a very springy texture with tiny pores. It’s usually in a specific shape from being baked in an angel food pan. > > Sponge cake has egg in it, so it’s yellow. Things like the shortcake shells (and Twinkies) are sponge cake. Thanks. Now I"m hungry again. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937/50 "2010-01-09T04:13:24Z")
Biscuits like Mama used to make (and still does). Made with Bisquick, but not the usual Bisquick biscuit recipe – Bisquick shortcakes are a bit richer and sweeter than regular biscuits. I like poundcake & angelfood cake and both are good with strawberries, but neither is what I mean when I say “Strawberry Shortcake.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strawberry-shortcake-base-biscuit-pound-cake-or-other-cake/523937.md?page=2)