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Strawberry Banana Bread with Blueberries - the best strawberry banana bread ever! Moist, delicious, flavorful. Made even better with the addition of blueberries.
Whenever I make banana bread, it's usually because I have overly ripe bananas, and I don't want to waste them.
This time around, I also had a package of fresh strawberries that were getting dangerously soft and a package of wrinkled fresh blueberries, so why not throw all of these ingredients together into one deliciously moist strawberry banana bread!
And what a great and colorful strawberry banana bread it turned out to be! I also added a tablespoon of fresh lemon zest to the bread batter which gave the bread even more oomph! It's like the summer entered my house!
Mixed berries, spiced up by the lemon zest in a loaf of banana bread - to me, it tastes like a summer berry cake. You can't really go wrong with a very moist banana bread stuffed with strawberries and blueberries.
Strawberry banana bread with blueberries
Ingredients
- 3 ripe bananas , smashed
- ⅓ cup butter melted
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest (lemon zest from 1 whole lemon)
- ½ cup strawberries chopped
- ½ cup blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- In a large bowl, mix mashed bananas and melted butter, using wooden fork or spoon. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix just enough to blend the ingredients; do not over-mix, the lumps will work themselves out.
- Add lemon zest, chopped strawberries and whole blueberries to the batter and mix them in to distribute evenly through the batter.
- Butter a 4×8 inch loaf pan. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper, butter the parchment paper too. Pour the batter in the pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.
- Note: lining the bottom of the pan with parchment paper ensures that the bottom of the bread will not get stuck.
Notes
Nutrition
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I SHOULDA KNOWN that it would be you, you cooking savant! I was so drawn to the texture of your banana bread. So moist, and tender and eye flutter-groan-melt into a puddle of goo inducing! Love it. Bookmarked it. You're my hero. That is all.
What a perfect way to change up the same old banana bread recipe! I love the addition of lemon zest; it always makes baked goods taste fancier, doesn't it??
Banana bread is so delicious with berries! It looks super moist, love it. I really like the shape of that loaf too, I'm not sure if its the pan you were using but its kind of cool.
A more colourful banana loaf I have never seen. It looks so delectable. I often use bananas in baking for the moisture and sweetness they add.
It must be delightful. Banana bread is one of my favourite... desserts? For me there's no different definition for this. 😉 I must try your recipe and bake banana bread with other fruits. Your photos say it all - this is delicious!
I'm not a huge fan of banana bread so I don't make it often, but my mum does and everytime, she actually leaves the bananas to ripen for a couple of days just for the banana bread, which is like the complete opposite of your situation 😉 I love the idea of putting strawberries and blueberries in banana bread- sounds like a really interesting and tasty combination!
I love all the berries in this! They're so pretty and I bet it tastes delicious!
I LOVE bananas when they look like death. LOL.
Stunning photographs! I don't even like bananas and I want to eat this bread!
Looks particularly beautiful and appetizing with added berries!
This looks great with all those berries! And it looks so moist. Love the addition of citrus zest too - I put it in everything I can. You have me seriously wanting to make banana bread!
Yum! What a beautifully colorful banana bread, just in time for spring/summer. I bet kids would love this :).
Gorgeous and delish bread loaf, Julia!
The colors are great..oh yes..a little coffee..or green tea..
All set.
Bon weekend Julia..
I think I could add lemon zest to anything and enjoy.
This banana bread with berries looks so yummy!