Strawberry Banana Coffee Cake

I overstocked my house with fruit for kids to snack on over spring break, but they didn’t go as fast as I thought. The days were just too beautiful to spend much time indoors, no fruit keeps them indoors for too long. Spring break was spent running around and playing in the sun, as it should. The bummer is that more fruit didn’t make it outside with them. Strawberries and bananas spoil fairly quickly, so what is a baker to do?

Throw them in some baked goods! I decided to bake something before they spoil. In good timing too because we planned a day out at the park as well to enjoy the beautiful sunshine. I packed these treats and took them with us to our multi-family picnic gathering, where they went like hotcakes. In baking, I just threw some ingredients together using the quick “eyeball measurements” as they say. The results were amazing!

I mean really good! Pillow soft, moist, loaded with strawberries and bananas. The aroma of baked bananas is just delicious, but it was much tastier than just banana bread. The name “Coffee Cake” was derived from the fact that when cut it’s the shape of typical coffee cake cubes. They were certainly enjoyed with coffee, tea and a glass of milk.

A couple of days later I bought even more strawberries and bananas just to bake this deliciousness again to share it with you and to enjoy some more of it. Since the kid’s cousins were over for spring break, they were gone right away. Need a fun and easy recipe to make with your kids? Try this delicious treat!

Ingredients:

3 lbs. (1.35 kg) – fresh strawberries
4 large – bananas

5 extra large – eggs
1 ½ cups (300 g) – sugar
2 sticks – unsalted butter (melted)
1 tsp. (5 ml) – pure vanilla extract
¼ tsp. (1.25 ml) – salt
1 tsp. (5 ml) – baking soda
1 tsp. (5 ml) – baking powder
4 cups (500 g) – all-purpose flour
Powdered sugar (for dusting)

Instructions:

1. Start by preparing the ingredients first. Cut butter into small pieces, place it into a small bowl and melt in the microwave for 30 seconds at two separate times (so the butter does not react too much in the microwave from prolonged heating). Set aside and let it cool.

2.Rinse and dice strawberries. Peel bananas, place them into a separate bowl and beat with a hand mixer until smooth.

3. Sift 4 cups of flour. (Reserve ¼ cup to coat strawberries.) Add salt, baking powder, baking soda and combine with flour. Set aside until ready for use.

4. Preheat oven to 350 F. Beat eggs and sugar on high for 5 minutes. Reduce beating speed to low and add melted butter, vanilla, and then mashed bananas. Increase the speed to medium and beat for 30 seconds. Reduce the speed to low and add flour, one cup a time.

5. Add flour-coated strawberries. Mix in the strawberries gently with a spatula.

6. Pour batter into 2 – 9 x 12 baking pans lined with parchment paper.

7. Bake 2 pans at the same time at 350 F for 45 min or until golden brown. Check readiness with a toothpick inserted in the center, and comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let the cakes cool for 5 minutes before removing them from pans. Remove cakes from pans, let it cool for 15 minutes before slicing.

8. Dust each cake with powdered sugar.

9. Cut into equal 15 pieces. Place each cake onto cupcake liners for a prettier presentation (optional).

Place on a platter and enjoy.

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Strawberry Banana Coffee Cake

Prep Time

25 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hr 10 mins

 

Course: Cake, Easy Recipes for Kid's

Servings: 30 coffee cakes

Author: Valya at Valya's Taste of Home

Ingredients

• 3 lbs. 1.35 kg – fresh strawberries
• 4 large – bananas
• 5 extra large – eggs
• 1 ½ cups 300 g - sugar
• 2 sticks – unsalted butter melted
• 1 tsp. 5 ml – pure vanilla extract
• ¼ tsp. 1.25 ml – salt
• 1 tsp. 5 ml – baking soda
• 1 tsp. 5 ml – baking powder
• 4 cups 500 g – all-purpose flour
• Powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

1. Start by preparing the ingredients first. Cut butter into small pieces, place it into a small bowl and melt in the microwave for 30 seconds at two separate times (so the butter does not react too much in the microwave from prolonged heating). Set aside and let it cool.
2. Rinse and dice strawberries. Peel bananas, place them into a separate bowl and beat with a hand mixer until smooth.
3. Sift 4 cups of flour. (Reserve ¼ cup to coat strawberries.) Add salt, baking powder, baking soda and combine with flour. Set aside until ready for use.
4. Preheat oven to 350 F. Beat eggs and sugar on high for 5 minutes. Reduce beating speed to low and add melted butter, vanilla, and then mashed bananas. Increase the speed to medium and beat for 30 seconds. Reduce the speed to low and add flour, one cup a time.
5. Add flour-coated strawberries. Mix in the strawberries gently with a spatula.
6. Pour batter into 2 – 9 x 12 baking pans lined with parchment paper.
7. Bake 2 pans at the same time at 350 F for 45 min or until golden brown. Check readiness with a toothpick inserted in the center, and comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let the cakes cool for 5 minutes before removing them from pans. Remove cakes from pans, let it cool for 15 minutes before slicing.
8. Dust each cake with powdered sugar.
9. Cut into equal 15 pieces. Place each cake onto cupcake liners for a prettier presentation (optional).
10. Place on a platter and enjoy.

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