Less than six months ago very few of my co-workers knew of my blog; however, the cat made its way out of the bag and now pretty much everyone knows. I don’t really know why I did not tell people, I guess I’m kind of weird {read: anxious} like that and did not want anyone to judge my work.
Now that My Baking Addiction is common knowledge in my workplace, my coworkers seek me out to make their cakes, cupcakes and even search for recipe ideas. My coworker Janet also loves to bake and approached me asking for recommendations for a strawberry quick bread recipe. Her son is getting married this summer and she is interested in baking and serving a variety of breakfast items to their wedding guests. Her son loves strawberries, so she definitely wants to incorporate this fruit into her breakfast menu.
I had never made strawberry bread, so of course I was compelled to get into the kitchen start experimenting. I just so happened to have a pound of stunning organic strawberries in the fridge…if you have never experienced an organic berry, definitely pick them up sometime, the flavor is truly amazing. I cannot wait until organic berries are readily available at my local farmers market!
After a little trial and error, I came up with a super moist, semi-dense, flavorful bread bursting with strawberry flavor. This strawberry bread is perfect for breakfast and is quite brilliant when lightly toasted and smeared with a little cream cheese. I love the texture of this recipe base and have plans to incorporate some wild blueberries into it in the very near future.
Have a delectable day, thanks so much for stopping by My Baking Addiction!
Fresh Strawberry Bread
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 cups strawberries, rinse, dried and chopped
Directions
1. Grease and flour a 9×5 inch loaf pan.
2. With electric mixer cream butter, sugar and cream cheese until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Mix in vanilla.
3. In separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Blend flour mixture with butter mixture just until blended. Add buttermilk and only stir until just combined; do not over mix.
4. Carefully fold in strawberries. Dough mixture will be thick.
5. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 50 to 60 minutes.
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Mmmmm! So pretty too!
such a refreshing bread! nice recipe…
Looks delicious, Jamie!
A co-worker loudly told everyone about my blog at our President’s retirement annoucement party. {sigh}
The strawberry bread looks delicious. Thank you for sharing.
I definitely kept my blog from people for a LONG time…mainly because for a good long while I had about two readers. It was just embarassing! I’ve started to tell people now and I get requests constantly. It’s fun though and they usually present me with a bit of a challenge.
This bread looks delicious! I made a strawberry yogurt cake not too long ago but I’d love to try it with cream cheese.
I have some Strawberries in the fridge that need to go, so this recipe comes at the right time. Thanks so much.
Oh, by the way, I really like the new look of your blog Jamie.
Looks so yummy! I’ve never had Strawberry Bread.
That bread looks lovely!
Cheers,
Rosa
This look delish. Perfect to make for strawberry season.
That bread is beautiful. Looks delicious, too.
The mixture of ingredients you chose looks so delicious! This quick bread recipe is soon to be one of my favorites…I can tell. Thanks!
I initially kept my blog from my friends, but gradually they discovered it and ask for various baked things for their birthdays! I haven’t baked with strawberries before, but this bread is so pretty I feel inspired. Delish!
This bread looks wonderful! I just so happen to have some fresh strawberries so I’m going to have to give this a try!
Were you a closet food blogger?
I’m surprised you hadn’t told your co-workers about your blog… it’s fantastic, you should be very proud! I’ve never made strawberry bread before, but after this pics, I just can’t resist… adding it to my list!
I can’t get enough strawberries right now. I will have to whip up a loaf of this bread. Looks wonderful!
Looks great–I bet the addition of rhubarb would send it over the top!
I love the idea of serving a few breakfast items at an early wedding! This bread looks perfect! My grandma made a strawberry bread recipe that used frozen strawberries, no butter, just eggs and oil. It was very simple but very delicious.
Yum! I’ve never had a strawberry bread but it sure looks good. My husband would be a huge fan of this.
My husband has been asking for strawberry bread recently, and I’ve put off making it. I always worry about the strawberries getting soggy. I’ll have to try your recipe now though!
Two things: 1.) you should NEVER be afraid to tell anyone about your blog- it’s perfection. Seriously. And 2.) this bread is totally going to happen this weekend!! Looks SO good!
I too am a big lover of strawberries and so is my daughter so I try to incorporate it into my cooking pretty often. this is a nice addition to my recipe book
Love the recipe!
I didn’t tell many of my coworkers about my blog either, but eventually it got out. There’s still only about half of them that know (I’m sure the other half could probably care less if they did know), so now they ask what I’m making next! And there’s a couple that tell me to hurry up and post so they can get the recipe of what I bring in to share!
It definitely looks moist, kinda like a pound cake.
I’m not same way…..not many people outside of my family know I have a food blog. And the few that know were probably told by my kids who seem to tell anyone who mentions baking.
They’re proud. 
~ingrid
This sounds delish! Your recipes are crowding my recipes-to-make list.
I’m the same way! My family and friends know about my blog (even though I was nervous to share it with them at first). Now, whenever I’m at gatherings, my friends tell their friends. I love the word of mouth spreading of my blog.
Only one of my co-workers knew about my blog and she told a few others a couple months ago. I was nervous and was hoping that they would forget the name of the site. I don’t know why I’m so nervous for them to find out about it!
Sounds divine – thanks for doing the leg work! One of these days my little strawberry plants will produce!
I do not tell all of my co-workers for fear they will find out how long I spend looking at food blogs all day long! he he
Looks delicious! I really enjoy your website, and appreciate how often you come up with new recipes. If your co-worker wants another nice fruity breakfast item, this raspberry coffee cake (http://itstartedinbulgaria.blogspot.com/2010/03/breakfast-for-dinner-buffet-raspberry.html) was a big hit with my friends at our recent breakfast for dinner party. I highly recommend such a party, by the way!
Oh yum! Perfect summer bread! I really like the addition of the cream cheese. I made a very ho-hum strawberry bread a few weeks ago, but this sounds awesome.
OMG! This looks delicious! I’m definitely going to try this soon!
This looks fabulous! Thanks for figuring it out and sharing!
Jamie,
Thanks for the samples (DELICIOUS!) and for your help!
Would you believe? Today on my way home from work there was a sign at the farm by our condo “Fresh strawberries for sale”! I will be using this for a breakfast treat for my son’s wedding!
Janet
This bread looks absolutely delicious and summery! I’m so excited for all the farmers to start up again in Ohio. Have a great weekend!!
I am so making this tomorrow! It sounds heavenly!
I have to make this. It looks way to delish not to. I’ll be sure to let you know how it turns out.
I am the same way about the blog…I never tell anyone…I have crazy friends, though, who like to scream it from the rooftops for me, so I don’t feel I need to tell anyone
This looks so good…can’t wait til I can pick some strawberries…a few weeks and they will be ready in NJ!
Made this last night and used 2 full cups of strawberries because the more the merrier!
It’s delightful. Glad I only took one slice with me to work though because I easily could have torn through the ENTIRE thing.
Thanks so much!
First recipe I have tried from your blog and it was delish!!!
ooh! sounds tasty – and i just so happen to have buttermilk and cream cheese that i need to use up.
Thank you so much for the inspiration. I now need to go get some strawberries and give this bread a try
It sounds wonderful! (love your blog, be proud)
I was so excited about this bread, but it oozed out all over the bottom of my stove. I followed everything as written, I’m not sure what happened…
Amy-
That is so weird, I have made this twice now without any oozing…I wonder what happened! I hope it didn’t make too much of a mess!
-Jamie
amy,
you probably mixed the bread TOO much before baking… if the bread is too aerated the baking soda and baking powder goes crazy! Hope this helps!
Liz
New to blogging and found your site. Love love love your pictures, and your food. I am so going to make this bread. The strawberries in Santa Cruz are to die for and I always have extra. Thanks for sharing and thank you for your blog. Love it!!!!
I love the idea of a strawberry quick bread – yum!
It’s funny your coworkers didn’t know about your blog until recently, as I haven’t really made mine public knowledge either. If they actually do find it somehow, it’ll just be a “this is your life” of things I’ve brought in for all of them.
Seeing as your blog is one of my favorites, and I’ve stock piled many of your recipes, I’m glad I found it before they did. It’s given me more time to recreate some of your goodies!
great bread!!! my roommate and I JUST finished the whole loaf within two days!! It took a lot longer to cook than the recipe said but I’m in an apartment with old appliances… could be a multiple of factors here! Thanks for the great recipe!
Gorgeous! I can’t wait to try it — looks like a perfect weekend breakfast treat!
This is the first recipe I’ve tried from your blog and it was delicious. Had to use yogurt instead of buttermilk though…still turned out nice!
This looks so delicious I wish I could just snap my fingers and make it appear. It is on my top list of things to try!
Hi Jamie,
I made two loaves of this the other day. I didn’t have buttermilk on hand so I substituted plain yogurt in one loaf and sugar-free fat-free vanilla pudding in the other. I thought the yogurt loaf came out better but both were delicious! Thank you for your wonderful recipes and blog. I frequent your site often.
This bread looks absolutely gorgeous, and I bet it tastes amazing, too. You’ve definitely inspired me – I’m definitely going to bake a loaf this weekend.
And your blog is wonderful, by the way. I don’t have my own blog (yet) but like you’d written, I’d be kind of anxious too about telling anyone for a while. I guess I’m hesistant because I’d want it to be interesting and enjoyable to read, easy and pleasant to look at, and of course, I’d want the recipes and the photos of the finished product to be worthy of anyone checking it out to be inspired enough to try them out.
You’ve succeeded on all of the above, and so I just wanted to let you know that I’m really glad I found your blog.
This bread was easy to make and delicious. I used 2 cups of strawberries because I had a lot of them to use up. My only problem was that it overflowed and looked a little messy. I will definitely make it again but in an 8×8 pan next time. These would also make excellent muffins. Great recipie
I’ve never had strawberry bread before but it looks right up my alley. I may have to give this a try it looks delish.
I’m going to make this! It looks so good! Thanks for the recipe!
Made this recipe with the strawberries. DELICIOUS, moist and delectable. The cream cheese makes it the bomb!!! Next time I will cut the strawberries smaller…and I just used non-stick spray instead of butter/flouring the pan. I just recently substituted blueberries instead of strawberries. YUMMY!!! Great as a breakfast treat. My 2 year old asks for more! I was thinking of maybe next time using the blueberries with some lemon zest in there. I’m wondering if in the fall I could use cranberries/orange zest and get a crumb topping on it. Hmmm???
We just went strawberry picking last week and I love to bake breads so I googled “strawberry bread recipies” and found this one. It sounds great but what can I susbtitute for buttermilk? Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Debbie
I too only share my blogging with a few selected co-workers and I don’t ‘think’ they read me….
I just baked this today! Wonderful recipe! I doubled it, and mashed a third of the strawberries, and it turned out just beautifully. Everyone who tried it loved it! Thank you so much for sharing!
I made this … and it was great! Although, mine turned a bit mushy around the strawberries after a day? So we used the leftovers to make french toast with for breakfast and it was superb!
Hi Jamie!
This bread looks amazing! Do you think the recipe would work as a muffin recipe? Or are there adjustments to make for muffins?
Thanks!
Donna Brown
I’m going to whip up a loaf of this bread after work today, and I can hardly wait! It looks absolutely delish
Guess what’s in my oven right now!!!! I chopped some walnuts, about a 1/3 of a cup and sprinkled on top of the batter! Can’t wait to taste this bread! Thanks for sharing!
I followed this link from my gal BakersRoyale’s Blog. She shares wonderful stuff. And, I love strawberries, so I can’t wait to bake your strawberry bread, it looks so perfect for a summer morning’s breakfast.
This bread is just delicious, so moist and creamy. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe! ♥
Michelle
I made this recipe and added a few extra strawberries to total 2 cups, topped it with blanched slivered almonds and sprinkled sugar on top of the almonds. The almonds toasted nicely and complimented the strawberry bread. It was absolutely delicious! I have now made this three times for guests and they salivate over each bite. Thanks for coming up with this recipe.
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