3 strawberry shortcake for two Recipes

strawberry ice cream, vanilla sponge cakes (i use a basic victoria sponge cut to the size of my tumblers), cream (or you can use squirty ), fresh strawberries

strawberries, hulled and cut in half (reserve 4 or 5 whole berries to dip in chocolate as a garnish, if desired), sugar, vanilla, food cake mix, prepared and baked into two 9 inch layers, cool whip, thawed, semisweet chocolate, water, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla