It’s no secret that I have a slight coffee addiction so to say that I was more than a little excited to discover my favourite drive thru coffee store has now opened just near our house is an understatement. Along with their coffee, I also love their Coconut Bread and treat myself to a slice every so often. Given my weekly coffee spend has now increased, I decided to try and save some money by making my own Coconut Bread and as we are drowning in strawberries at the moment I thought it only made sense to create this Strawberry and Coconut Bread recipe.
If you aren’t a fan of strawberries (I don’t think we can be friends anymore!) you can certainly leave them out, but I think they make this recipe just that little bit more special.
Strawberry and Coconut Bread
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 300 ml milk
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
- 375 g of plain flour
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
- 200 g of caster sugar
- 150 g of shredded coconut
- 75 g of butter
- 8 fresh strawberries to decorate
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180 degrees and line a large loaf tin with baking paper.
- Place the butter into a microwave safe bowl and cook in 30 second spurts until it has melted. Set aside to cool slightly.
- Add the dry ingredients to a large bowl and mix to combine. Add the eggs, milk and melted butter and fold through until mixture has just combined.
- Pour the mixture into your prepared loaf tin and decorate the top with sliced strawberries.
- Place the loaf tin into the oven and bake for one hour and five minutes or until cooked through when tested with a skewer.
Strawberry and Coconut Loaf Thermomix Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180 degrees and line a large loaf tin with baking paper.
- Put the butter into the Thermomix bowl and cook for 3 minutes at 60 degrees on speed 2 – or until melted.
- Add all of the other ingredients to the Thermomix Bowl and mix for 10 seconds on speed 5.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix for a further 5 seconds on speed 4.
- Pour the mixture into your prepared tin and decorate with sliced strawberries before placing it into the oven to bake for one hour and five minutes or until your Strawberry and Coconut Bread is cooked through when tested with a skewer.
This Strawberry and Coconut Bread is perfect on it’s own but for something a little more special try toasting it under the grill and drizzling a little honey over the top – yum!
Are you a coffee addict too?
Karin @ Calm to Conniption
Oh this looks awesome. I need to get some coconut in the house and try this out.
shannon @my2morrows
This looks Delish. Big fan of strawberrys. I’m not a coffee drinker but I’m a complete tea snob and this would go down perfectly with a freshly brewed pot of tea. Xx
Lauren
Sounds good to me Shannon 🙂
Lydia C. Lee
I love any kind of coconut bread!~
Lauren
So do I!
Sara @ Life's Little Sweets
This looks so pretty, pinned and shared! Exactly, a bread that I would make! Yum!
Lauren
Thank you Sara, I hope you enjoy it!
Hadia
Lauren, this sounds so decadent! Pinning to try later!
Lauren
Thanks Hadia, I hope you enjoy it!
Sarah James @ Tales From The Kitchen Shed
What a delicious combination, love strawberries & coconut.
Lauren
Thank you 🙂
Amy @ Thoroughly Nourished Life
I love me some banana bread and the addition of strawberries is just perfect! I can’t wait to make this soon 🙂 After I’ve finished giving myself strawberry tummy aches that is 😉
Lauren
Haha, I know what you mean!
Dannielle@Zamamabakes
I want! Right now with a cup of tea!
This is my kind of loaf gorgeous lady and it just so happens I have 2 full punnets of strawberries in my fridge at the moment, I knew I bought extra for a reason! xx
Lauren
Perfect timing Dannielle!