🧁 A Sweet Little Showstopper: Cream Puff Scones with Strawberries 🍓

Some desserts just scream summer. Light, golden pastry. Pillowy whipped cream. Juicy Pembrokeshire strawberries that taste like sunshine. This one ticks all the boxes.

Our Cream Puff Scones are a playful twist on two classics — a little bit choux, a little bit scone, and all kinds of delicious. They’re perfect for garden parties, Sunday treats, or simply as a reward for making it to 4pm without opening the biscuit tin.

If you’ve got fresh strawberries in your box this week, this is how to use them.

🌿 What’s in it?

This treat is:
✅ Buttery, soft puff-style scone
✅ Fresh Pembrokeshire strawberries
✅ Lightly whipped vanilla cream
✅ A dusting of icing sugar
✅ Looks fancy. Is actually very easy.

Pile it high and serve with tea, coffee, or sparkling elderflower in the garden. Summer sorted.

💡 Try This:

• Add a spoon of jam under the cream if you like it sticky
• Use mascarpone instead of double cream for a thicker layer
• Swap strawberries for raspberries, blackberries or poached rhubarb

🧁 Cream Puff Scones with Strawberries & Cream

Makes 6

🛍️ Ingredients:

• 75g unsalted butter
• 150ml water
• 100g plain flour
• 2 large eggs
• 250ml double cream
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp icing sugar (plus more to dust)
• 250g fresh Pembrokeshire strawberries, hulled & sliced

🦄 Method:

1. Make the pastry: In a saucepan, melt butter and water over medium heat. Once bubbling, remove from heat, add flour and stir until it forms a ball. Let cool slightly.
2. Beat in eggs one at a time until smooth and glossy.
3. Spoon onto a lined baking tray into 6 small rounds. Bake at 200°C for 20–25 minutes until puffed and golden. Cool completely.
4. Whip the cream with vanilla and icing sugar until soft peaks form.
5. Slice each puff in half. Fill with a layer of strawberries, then whipped cream. Pop the lid on and dust with icing sugar.
6. Serve immediately or chill for 30 mins if you like the cream to firm up a little.

🌿 Tips:

• Best eaten the same day (but no one ever struggles with that)
• Keep the choux buns unfilled in an airtight tin for up to 2 days
• Strawberries too soft? Macerate them with a sprinkle of sugar and let them sit for 10 mins before using

So whether you’re hosting, treating, or just in need of something joyful — whip these up, grab a spoon, and enjoy a proper Pembrokeshire pud. 🍓✨