The Baking Girl: The Hobbit's Strawberries and Cream Bread

The Baking Girl's friends are mostly Tolkien nerds. Every so often they would have Tolkien themed parties where they cook/bake goodies from the book An Unexpected Cookbook: The Unofficial Book of Hobbit Cookery. The book is free to borrow if you have a Kindle Unlimited subscription. I'm not sure what all they've cooked or baked but my favorite is the strawberries and cream bread. I love that slightly tart taste from the strawberries and the hint of sweetness from the sugar.  Served with freshly whipped cream, it is my favorite treat with coffee. I hope I'm not tempting those of you who gave up sweets or coffee for Lent!

Since I have no permission to print the full recipe I searched the internet for similar recipes. I cannot vouch for them but I will trust the high ratings.  Here is one from Taste of Home - http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/strawberries--n--cream-bread and Food.com - http://www.food.com/recipe/strawberries-cream-bread-strawberry-or-blueberry-121490.

Note that in these recipe links sour cream is used whereas heavy cream is used in the Unexpected Cookbook.  Either way, I don't think you could go wrong with cream bread.

As usual, the yummy pictures to whet your appetites -

chop

blend

mix

add the fat ;-)

hot oven

ready to bake

voila! don't forget to dip in whipped cream

The Baking Girl reading Tolkien in the front porch

Tolkien in the car

a hundred days of Tolkien quotes - a friend gave this to her for Christmas