Name: Strawberry Banana Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup white sugar (1/4 cup to mix with the chopped strawberries + 1/2 cup for the batter); 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 1/4 cup melted butter; 2 eggs; 3 medium bananas. mashed; 2 cups flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 3/4 cup strawberries, chopped small (I cut larger strawberries into about 8 pieces)

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Strawberry Banana Bread. A good, old-fashioned banana bread recipe with an extra flavourful twist of having fresh strawberry chunks baked right in.

Strawberry Banana Bread

Today, 6 years after first posting it, I’m giving this recipe an overhaul with an eye to making it even better. There are a couple of tweaks in the method and ingredients which I think bake it even better.

Fresh from the oven.

My goal was to reduce the sugar to start. With ripe bananas and sweet strawberries added, you can easily remove some of the sugar without adversely affecting the flavour.

Close-up of bananas fresh and flecked brown to be used in this Honey Cake recipe

Never throw out ripe bananas again.

Here I have taken out a quarter cup of the white sugar in the batter but I think it’s possible to go even further. Next time I may just try reducing it by another 1/4 cup.

Strawberry Banana Bread cooling on a wire rack

Resist the urge to cut it! Let it cool down first.

Improving the overall texture and flavour of this Strawberry Banana Bread recipe.

The second thing I wanted to improve was the overall texture. Like some muffin recipes, particularly bran muffins, I think too much oil can male them a bit greasy.

Fresh ripe strawberries are best for this recipe.

I wanted to minimize that by reducing the oil by half and replacing it with melted butter. I felt this improved both the texture and flavour.

Finally, adding fresh chopped strawberries can be problematic. That’s because of their high water content.

Strawberry Banana Bread

When baking that liquid from the strawberries can leech out into the surrounding cake crumb. This sometimes causes little pockets to form in the banana bread which tend to be a bit wet and doughy.

This is not much of a problem with the taste of the final product but I thought I’d like to try and reduce it. I felt it would bake better and have a better distribution of moisture throughout the whole loaf.

Strawberry Banana Bread

Macerating the strawberries improves this Strawberry Banana Bread.

My solution for that was to macerate the strawberries in sugar for a couple of hours or even overnight.

Macerating strawberries, just means tossing them with plain sugar and letting them sit for a time. This releases the excess liquid from the berries almost completely.

Macerated fresh strawberries

I don’t throw away those strawberry juices though. The sweet juice replaces the orange juice or milk I would normally add to a recipe like this.

With these changes I believe The recipe is improved considerably without affecting its overall flavour. Try it for yourself and see if you agree.

Strawberry Banana Bread close up photo of cut slice on a small white plate

A perfect afternoon coffee break.

Original Post Feb, 2014

Strawberry and banana bread ? Why not, it’s a great combination in smoothies so it’s bound to be good in banana bread too.

With both overripe bananas and strawberries on hand that needed to be used quickly, it was worth a try and it turned out deliciously.

This recipe would also work well baked as muffins if you prefer. I like decorating the top with extra strawberry slices and a sprinkle of coarse turbinado sugar or even plain sugar for an extra crunchy top crust.

Strawberry Banana Bread ready for the oven.

Both are optional of course for a completely uncomplicated version that may become the new lunchbox favourite at your house.

Makes one large or two small (6 inch) loaves. The large pan I use is a

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Strawberry Banana Bread

Yield: 12 servings or more (1 large or two small loaves)

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Strawberry Banana Bread - a good, old-fashioned banana bread recipe with an extra flavourful twist of having fresh strawberry chunks baked right in.

Ingredients

3/4 cup white sugar (1/4 cup to mix with the chopped strawberries + 1/2 cup for the batter)
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup melted butter
2 eggs
3 medium bananas. mashed
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 cup strawberries, chopped small (I cut larger strawberries into about 8 pieces)

Instructions

Chop the strawberries into a 2 cm dice and toss with the 1/4 cup white sugar. Cover and leave for a couple of hours or overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 2 small disposable aluminum loaf pans 8x4 inches) or one large regular loaf pan (9x5 inches) and line with parchment paper.
Beat sugar, oil, melted butter and eggs in a bowl until light and fluffy. I use the whisk attachment on my stand mixer.
Fold in the mashed bananas.
Sift together dry ingredients and fold by hand into the banana mixture alternately with the macerated strawberries and juice. Always begin and end with the dry ingredients. As a general rule I add the dry ingredients in 3 potions and the liquid in 2 portions.
Pour batter into 1 large or two small greased and parchment lined loaf pans.
Place thinly sliced strawberries on top for decoration if you prefer and sprinkle with a little coarse sugar or plain sugar. The strawberries and sugar on top are completely optional.
Bake for about 60 to 70 minutes to depending upon pan size. The 9x5 pan will take the full time. The smaller loaves will take about 40 minutes. All ovens vary though, so a toothpick inserted in the center which comes out clean is the best indicator that the loaf is fully baked.
Cool in the pan for 10-15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Strawberry Banana Bread