Strawberry Banana Bread
This recipe for Strawberry Banana Bread takes moistness to the extreme. Packed with mashed bananas and roasted strawberries, this loaf gets a piping of pink frosting for an extra punch of strawberry flavor.
Ingredients
Strawberry Banana Bread
- 2 cups fresh strawberries rough chopped
- 2 cups all-purpose flour unbleached
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp sea salt fine
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 2 cups overripe bananas mashed
- 2 large eggs room temperature, beaten
- 1 tsp vanilla extract pure
- 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt room temperature
- 8 Tbsp unsalted butter melted and cooled
Strawberry Frosting
- 1/2 cup freeze dried strawberries
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract pure
Instructions
Strawberry Banana Bread
- Preheat oven to 350 degreees.
- Placed chopped strawberries on a baking sheet in a single layer then roast for 25 minutes.
- While strawberries are roasting, line a 9 x 5 loaf pan with parchment paper then set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and brown sugar. Set aside.
- In a separate mixing bowl, whisk mashed bananas and beaten eggs with vanilla and Greek yogurt until combined.
- Add the cooled melted butter to the mashed banana mixture. Stir to combine.
- Add flour mixture, 1 cup at a time then gently stir until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed. Avoid overmixing.
- Gently fold in the roasted strawberries.
- Pour batter into the parchment-lined loaf pan.
- Bake for 60 to 75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Tent the loaf with foil while it bakes if it appers to be overbrowning.
- Cool bread in the pan for 10 minutes before turning loaf out onto a rack to cool completely.
Strawberry Frosting
- Place freeze dried strawberries in a food processor then pulse them to a fine powder. Set aside.
- In large mixing bowl, cream butter with an electric mixer until smooth.
- Reduce mixer speed to low then add freeze dried strawberry powder, powdered sugar, heavy cream and vanilla. Mix on low until combined then increase mixer speed to high and beat until fluffly - approximately 3 mintues.
- When strawberry banana bread has cooled completely, pipe strawberry frosting on top.
- Bread can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days or in the refrigerator up to 7 days.