Strawberry Bread (Joy of Baking Recipe)

Since we have loads of strawberries right now, I thought I would try another strawberry recipe.  This time, it is Strawberry Bread, from joyofbaking.com.

Unlike Banana bread, where the ingredients are pretty much stirred together (great for lazy cooks like me), Strawberry bread is made quite like a cake, i.e., the butter and sugar are creamed before the flour is mixed in. This meant that my Kenwood Major would get its first use!

The ingredients are pretty much the same as a standard banana bread, except of course one uses strawberries instead of bananas.  It also uses sour cream or yoghurt  (I used yoghurt).  I received a little help from my boys, but they spent most of their time watching the Majoy whirr away...

My strawberry bread came out a little too brown.  In fact, the crust was ever so slightly burnt at some spots.  My oven might have been a bit too hot, though I don't know why since my oven thermometer showed the right temperature. I had even turned it down slightly when I thought it was getting burnt.

The crust was thick (which I suppose was the result of the hot oven).  But, the insides were nice and soft! It was not as sweet as a banana cake, which is fine by me. The softness of the cooked strawberries contrasted beautifully with the crunchy walnuts (which were toasted before chopped roughly and added to the batter).  This was very nice!

This recipe received positive reviews from my tasters.  One neighbour also asked me for the recipe, after declaring its deliciousness.

Between this and the Strawberry-Banana Muffins, however, I think I prefer the muffins.  The strawberries in the muffins were not as cooked as those in the bread, and so were still nice and jammy.  Those in the bread had been cooked much longer, and had given up most of their flavour and colour to the bread.  I'm not saying that I don't like the Strawberry Bread though, coz it is certainly very yummy!