Strawberry Tea Bread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 3 cups strawberries, coarsely chopped
• 1 cup chopped almonds
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 3/4 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, gently toss together the strawberries, almonds and 1/4 cup of the flour; set aside.
• 2 in a large bowl, beat the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy; beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• 3 beat in the almond extract.
• 4 stir together the remaining flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; stir into the butter mixture alternately with the buttermilk, making three additions of the flour mixture and two of buttermilk.
• 5 gently fold in the strawberry mixture.
• 6 spoon into 2 greased and floured 8x4-inch loaf pans.
• 7 bake in a 350°f oven for about 1 hour or until a cake tester inserted in the centre comes out clean.
• 8 let cool in the pans on racks for 10 minutes.
• 9 remove from the pans; let cool completely in racks.