A Shortcake is a sweet food recovery item that recovers health in the Castlevania series. Its first appearance was as a food item for Maria in Rondo of Blood and later in The Dracula X Chronicles, and is a smaller portion of a Birthday Cake.
In Symphony of the Night, it gives you 11 HP, which is the smallest amount for any dessert, giving you one less point than a Tart. It gives you one more HP than a Chinese Bun, which gives the lowest food value for any Chinese bun. It is dropped by a Salem Witch.
The Shortcake is also found in Lament of Innocence (in the Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab) and in Curse of Darkness (dropped by a Wyvern), and is the only kind of pastry found in these games.
Item Data[]
Item Data: Shortcake | ||||||||
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Refills the life gauge. | Find: 2. Entrance |
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Strawberry shortcake [use] | HP +11 |
Drop: Salem Witch |
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Light sponge cake, smooth whipped cream, and perfectly ripe strawberry topping - restores HPs. | HP +30 |
Find: Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab |
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A light sponge topped with strawberries and cream. Certainly not short on taste and calories. | HP +15 Sell: $1 |
Steal: Wyvern Lv.14 |
Trivia[]

- Several shortcakes appear in a Koma comic based on Portrait of Ruin, but the cake itself does not appear in the game.