Strawberries & Cream Bread (Strawberry or Blueberry)

[jglass]

My FIL gave me some nice strawberries out of his garden yesterday so I am making him this cake today.


Strawberries & Cream Bread (Strawberry or Blueberry)

1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar (use if you want a sweeter bread)
2 eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/4 cups strawberries, fresh & coarsely chopped (do NOT use frozen) or fresh blueberries
3/4 cup walnuts (optional)

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon; set aside.
In small bowl, beat butter until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beat 1 minute or until light and airy.
Add brown sugar. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in sour cream and vanilla.
Stir into flour mixture only until dry ingredients are moistened.
Fold in strawberries and nuts.
Pour into a greased 8 x 4 inch loaf pan.
Bake at 350°F for 60 to 65 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Let stand 10 minutes in pan.
Turn out on rack to cool.

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

This sounds yummy!!!

[jglass]

It came out delish.
Im gonna take it to Jon's Dad today. He was kind enough to share his strawberries with me.

[Mama Mangia]

that would be good with wildberries, mixed berries - mmmmm - great recipe!

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Well I had strawberries and was going to whip this up before coming to work this AM, but I decided to make a homemade pound cake instead. Eddie had to pull it out of the oven after I had left for work, I won't even get to taste a bite until I get home tonight I am so anxious to have a piece!

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Although I'm allergic to strawberries- I'm a berry fiend when it comes to blackberries, blues, etc. And I love this recipe- gotta try it! My sister has wild mulberry bushes on her property- I wonder how they'd be in it?

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

Kevin I imagine Mulberries would be excellent!!! I LOVE MULBERRIES m-m-m-m-m-m-m

[chubbyalaskagriz]

When we were little, Cathy- we lived near a cemetery that had several mulberry trees. We ran around bare-footed all summer long and played in that graveyard a lot. By the end of the first month of summer vacation the bottoms of our feet were stained PURPLE from the berries! Long about August 1st Mom would announce that from here on out we needed to put on our shoes and stop going bare-footed, and each night as we soaked in the sudsy tub, Mom would scrub our feet like the dickens- chipping away at those tough stains bit by bit. She said she wasn't about to let her children go back to school w/ purple-stained feet!

[Cook Chatty Cathy]

When we were little, Cathy- we lived near a cemetery that had several mulberry trees. We ran around bare-footed all summer long and played in that graveyard a lot. By the end of the first month of summer vacation the bottoms of our feet were stained PURPLE from the berries! Long about August 1st Mom would announce that from here on out we needed to put on our shoes and stop going bare-footed, and each night as we soaked in the sudsy tub, Mom would scrub our feet like the dickens- chipping away at those tough stains bit by bit. She said she wasn't about to let her children go back to school w/ purple-stained feet!

Yes Kevin we were exactly like ya' all, we would eat them non-stop during the season. We only had 1 mulberry tree near our home, but it was huge and we would climb and pick and eat and eat mulberries until we couldn't see because it was getting dark out! Those were some fantastic summer memories for sure! Our poor Mom's dealing with not only stained "tootsies" but our clothes must have been ruined. You know I do not remember my mother ever complaining she was 1/4 angel that's for sure!

[chubbyalaskagriz]

Another thing I recall doing as a kid that I'm sure produced some stained/ruined clothes. I used to sit in the middle of our black-top road and pop tar-bubbles w/ my fingers. YUCH! Was I a dim-wit, or what? HA!