This Strawberry Shortcake Banana Bread is fun twist on a classic. I use freeze dried strawberries and a sweet glaze for a delicious banana bread that makes a delicious snack or dessert.

If you love banana bread just as much as I do, check out some of my other favorite recipes like my Coconut Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, Blueberry Banana Bread, or Maple Brown Sugar Banana Bread.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

If you have overly ripe bananas then the best thing to make is banana bread. If you're wanting to make something besides traditional banana bread, then this Strawberry Shortcake Banana Bread is just what you're looking for!

I used freeze dried strawberries in this banana bread, because fresh ones along with the bananas can make this too moist and wet. I also added a sweet glaze for a strawberry shortcake inspired banana bread.

This recipe is still a classic banana bread that's moist and sweet, but the addition of the strawberries and glaze makes it even better! And nothing goes better with banana bread than a glass of milk, which is exactly how I like to eat this one.

Tips for Making the Best Strawberry Shortcake Banana Bread

• Use overly ripe bananas. This is perfect for when bananas start to go bad, save them for banana bread!

• Make sure your butter is soft! The butter should be so soft that if you used it to spread onto a piece of bread, it wouldn't break or damage the bread at all. You should be able to squish it with your hand easily. When you use soft butter, it allows you to cream the butter and sugar easily so you don't have butter chunks.

• Use room temperature eggs and cream. These ingredients are refrigerator ingredients, and when you add cold ingredients into warm ones (such as adding eggs into creamed butter and sugar that is room temperature, it can clump easily). Using dairy items at room temperature allow them to combine into the batter more easily and will make for a smoother batter.

• Use a USA Pan that has ridges on it so your banana bread comes out easily! You can find my favorite 1 pound loaf pan here. The ridges in these pans help baked goods bake better and also remove from the pan easier!

• Store banana bread in an airtight container the day it's baked. This helps keep banana bread moist, don't leave uncovered as it can dry out easily.

Ingredients for Strawberry Shortcake Banana Bread

Organic Valley Salted Butter

Homemade Organic Dark Brown Sugar

Costco Kirkland Organic Cane Sugar

Simply Organic Vanilla Extract

Organic Valley Large Eggs

Organic Valley Heavy Whipping Cream

Organic Bananas

Homemade Organic Cake Flour

Frontier Co-Op Baking Powder

Frontier Co-Op Fine Sea Salt

Frontier Co-Op Organic Korintje Cinnamon

Organic Freeze Dried Strawberries

Why Organic

Why use organic ingredients in this recipe? You all know I’m a huge organic advocate, and I bet you may be thinking sometimes, Why would I even bother to use organic ingredients in something that is so sweet and indulgent? But, that is the exact reason why you should use organic ingredients! Sweet things need to have flavor in order to be good, otherwise they are just sweet and they don’t taste like much else. Organic ingredients are more pure than conventional ones, therefore they actually have more flavor than the non organic options. Say it with me, organic means more flavor! And not just more flavor but a more true and pure flavor. And organic ingredients are much healthier for you to eat in general as they do not contain GMOs or anything artificial. Plus, you are being environmentally friendly when you choose organic ingredients!

So, I highly recommend that you buy the best organic ingredients for this recipe! You can also shop my Amazon Storefront for all my favorite organic ingredients here. Tip – hover over each ingredient to see the name. And if you want to learn more about organic foods and the difference, read my post here on Food Labels and What They Mean.