Strawberry Short Cake... With A Couple Of Twists. - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (9 inch) vanilla sponge cakes, cut into 9 equal squares
2 lbs fresh strawberries, cut in quarters
4 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup lemon curd (or make your own)
cracked black pepper
1 cup heavy cream, whipped

Preparation

Cut the cake squares in half. So that you are able to build sort of a sandwich.
In a large bowl add strawberries and sugar. Stir.
Let sit 5 minutes. Then season with cracked black pepper. ( i know this sounds odd -- but it's delicious).
To assemble the cake:
One layer of cake, topped with a spoon full of lemon curd.
Top that with a generous helping of the strawberry mixture.
Topped with whipped cream.
Topped with second layer of cake.
Topped with more strawberry and more cream.
Enjoy.