James Beard's Strawberry Shortcakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small cubes
• 2 hard-boiled egg yolks, pushed through a small mesh sieve
• 3/4 cups heavy cream, chilled
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 3 pints fresh strawberries, washed, hulled, and halved or quartered, depending on size
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon sugar