Fresh strawberry bread (Makes 1 loaf)

 Ingredients

1. Margarine ½ cup, softened
    Sugar 1 cup
    Cream cheese ½ cup, softened
    Egg 2 nos
2. All purpose flour 2 cups
    Baking powder 2 tsp
    Baking soda ½ tsp
    Salt ½ tsp
3. Sour cream 1 cup
4. Vanilla essence 1 tsp
5. Fresh strawberry 10 nos, chopped finely

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Grease a 9*5 loaf pan using butter and then dust with flour. Set this aside.
• In a mixing bowl add all ingredients numbered 1 except eggs and mix well using an egg beater till fluffy.
• Now add the eggs one by one and mix well to combine.
• In another bowl, sieve together ingredients numbered 2 and add this to the cream mixture in batches and combine well.
• Next add the sour cream and chopped strawberries to this and gently fold in.
• Transfer this to the prepared loaf pan and bake for 1 hour.
• Allow to rest for atleast 20 minutes on counter top before taking the bread from the loaf pan.
• Slice and enjoy!!!!
• Serves best as a breakfast bread or as an evening snack.

Cheers!!!
Suji