Strawberry shortcake has to be one of my all time favorite desserts. I’ve been a strawberry fan since I was a little girl and prefer eating the fresh berries and shortcake with some fresh whipped cream to eating a slice of chocolate cake. Don’t get me wrong, I love me some chocolate cake, but give me a pint of strawberries and I’m one happy girl. 😉
Since I set out on a quest to create some unique moonshine recipes (like my Spiced Cranberry Moonshine Recipe and Caramel Apple Moonshine Recipe), I knew that once the strawberries came back into season, I wanted to try my hand at making a Strawberry Shortcake Moonshine. This one took some trial and error. Once strawberries are boiled down to a strawberry simple syrup, they lose their tartness. I finally decided to try thinning down some strawberry jam to get that tartness back. A splash of fresh lemon juice helped too.
Ingredients
3 lbs fresh strawberries, halved
2 cups of sugar
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 cups of club soda
600 ml moonshine
1 cup strawberry simple syrup (recipe below)
4 Tbsp. strawberry jam
Extra club soda, for jam
Cake Vodka
Whipped Vodka
Directions
Pour half the strawberries into a medium bowl. Pour 1 cup of sugar on top of the strawberries. Pour the remaining strawberries on top and then add the remaining sugar. Cover and place in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
When the berries are ready (after they’ve been in the refrigerator for 24 hours), add to a large saucepan, add in the 1 cup of strawberry simple syrup and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Turn the heat down to a simmer. Simmer for 30 minutes.
While the strawberries are cooking, in a small saucepan over low heat, add the strawberry jam and a splash of club soda. Warm until the jam is a syrupy liquid.
Remove the strawberry simple syrup + berries from the heat and strain the juice into a large bowl, discard the strawberries. Let the juice come down to about room temperature. Add in the jam syrup, lemon juice and club soda. Add in the moonshine. Stir to combine.
In a small mason jar, add 2/3 moonshine mixture, 1.5 oz Cake Vodka and 0.5 oz of Whipped Vodka. Refrigerate till cold. Enjoy!
Quick Strawberry Simple Syrup
1 cup of water
1 cup of sugar
6 strawberries, cut in half
Add all ingredient in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Cook for about 20 minutes to incorporate the strawberries. Strain out the berries.
MORE MOONSHINE RECIPES
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- CARAMEL APPLE MOONSHINE
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- SPICED CRANBERRY MOONSHINE
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This cocktail looks so refreshing. Strawberry season is around the corner, so I’ll be heading to the berry patch. I’m pinning this recipe for future reference. It’s perfect for summer entertaining. I’m loving the Mason Jar glass too. Thanks for sharing on Sunday’s Best. Hope you will join us again.
This looks sooooo good, totally pinning for later! xo
sounds refreshing and delish! Now is the best time to get fresh sweet strawberries so a great time to try this recipe! thanks for sharing with us at Snickerdoodle!
I like this recipe and look forward to indulging moderately (wink-wink)!
Wow, this looks delicious.
This looks fantastic Taylor! It’ll be perfect for the quickly approaching summer! I actually have some strawberry simple syrup saved that I made that this would be perfect for! Definitely going to give this one a try! 🙂
I will take three please! My mouth is watering! Thanks for linking up at Found & Foraged.
WOW! That looks refreshing and beautiful and yummy! I can’t wait to give that a try.
Well I never knew one could actually buy moonshine. This recipe certainly sounds like a load of fun.
Saw it on The Wednesday Roundup
Yum. This looks delicious. Where do you buy the moonshine? I would like to try this recipe. Thanks for sharing on Small Victories Sunday link up.
Oh my goodness, does this ever sound amazing! Whew! I feel woozy just from reading it!
Thanks for sharing and for linking up to the #SHINEbloghop.
Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo
Oh YUM!!! This looks so gooood!!!
Thanks for sharing with us at MMBH. 🙂
xoxo
I have a big bottle of cake vodka that I love to use to mix up new drinks, so this will definitely be on my list! We’re hosting our monthly cocktail linkup today and would love for you to stop by and share this yummy recipe!
ohh my heavens. I love strawberries. This just looks delicious, this is going on my summer drinks to try!
Can everclear be used as moonshine?
If you can’t find moonshine in your liquor store, everclear can be used as a substitute.
Cake vodka?? This sounds sweetly delicious!!
Strawberry shortcake is one of my favorites! And added to a cocktail? Yum! Thank you for sharing on Family Joy Blog Link-Up Party. Have a great week!
This one might work for me AND my husband. Thanks for sharing. Looks great!
Your strawberry shortcake moonshine looks delicious! Pinning. Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle.
Wow! Just what I need this week! Looks delicious!
Now that is a moonshine my wife would love. Thanks for sharing with us at Throwback Thursday. Pinned!
Thanks for sharing at the #InspirationSpotlight Pinned & sharing
That not only sounds great – it’s pretty! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up!
Oh I like the sound of whipped vodka! Thanks for sharing with us at #OvertheMoon Link Party. I’ve pinned and shared.
I am loving this Taylor. he color just draws me in and then the word moonshine. lol
Thanks for sharing this at the DI & DI Link Party, we loved it!
Thanks again for sharing at the #InspirationSpotlight Party. Pinned & Shared.
Now that’s my kind of dessert! 🙂
You had me at strawberry! This one looks so refreshing and yummy!
Thanks for sharing it over at Food Friday. Hope to see you again! 🙂
What a great cocktail, I love the ingredients and the name! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome recipe with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great day and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
Hello, I know this is going to sound like a very stupid question, but I feel like I missed a step with this recipe. I really want to try it, and have bought all the ingredients, but I keep reading over the recipe, and I’m not sure where the 3 pounds of strawberries come in after they are cooked down. I see where the simple syrup and the jam syrup are added, but I’m not seeing anything about the actual berries that are refrigerated. Do you add anything to them? Like the 2 cups of club soda? And do you know how much this recipe yields? Thanks!
I’m in the process of making this, but minus the club soda so it can be a shot instead of a cocktail. Trying to figure out how much of the cake and whipped vodkas I should add in total. As written, how many servings does this yield?
Thank you for such a fun recipe ? love making flavored moonshine