Strawberry Shortcake, Banana Split!

Well, Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!

I figured I should probably write on Valentine's day, since it is pretty much an ode to the strawberry. Even though I may not enjoy this holiday, it doesn't mean I can't enjoy all of the tastey treats!


For anyone who lives on campus will be able to back me up when I say it was a strawberry extravaganza in the dinning halls. Even though I was not into the holiday, they so got me on all the strawberry desserts. There was actually an entire section that was devoted to the color pink. Since pink is one of my favorite colors (ask anyone who knows me, or has seen my room), it made me immediately drawn to the area.

While I was searching through all the pink treats, I happened upon an interesting one. It was supposed to be a whipped-cream take on strawberry shortcake. It is hard to better such a delicious dessert, but I was willing to give it a try. It was a whipped cream/mousse combo that was light and strawberry flavored, with vanilla whipped cream and pieces of cake and real strawberries mixed in. I'm not going to lie, it did not taste anything what I expected, but it was still delightful. It was much lighter than the original strawberry shortcake, but now I'm on a quest for some true strawberry shortcake...