This will be the best strawberry bread/cake you will ever prepare, so it will become a staple in your kitchen. It can be made as a bundt cake, muffins, or as a loaf. It's moist and perfect and is great just sliced as is or toasted.
1⁄2 c. butter, softened
1 c. sugar
3 oz. cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
1 t. vanilla extract
2 c. flour
2 t. baking powder
1⁄2 t. baking soda
1⁄2 t. salt
1⁄2 c. milk or half 'n half
1 1⁄2 c. strawberries, chopped
1⁄2 c. finely chopped pecans, if desired
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
Wash and hull strawberries; drain; blot dry; chop.
Using an electric mixer, cream butter, sugar and cream cheese until fluffy; add eggs, one at a time.; mix in vanilla.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; blend flour mixture with butter mixture just until blended. Add milk or half 'n half; stir just to blend, but do not over-stir.
Carefully fold in strawberries and nuts. Mixture will be thick.
Bake 50 - 60 minutes.
Let bread sit 1 day so that the strawberries meld in with the baked ingredients.
Serve.
12 servings