Strawberry Cornbread with Homemade Strawberry Sauce
Take a new twist on a good old favorite. This Strawberry Cornbread is delicious and very simple to make. It's served with an irresistible homemade strawberry sauce!
Preheat the oven to 350F. Place a 12 inch cast iron skillet in the middle rack of the oven.
In a large mixing bowl mix corn flour, all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and sugar. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix melted butter, egg, vanilla extract and buttermilk.
Add in wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, mix until combined. Do not over mix.
Carefully take the cast iron skillet out of the oven, pour the cornbread batter in the skillet and top it with strawberry halves.
Place the cast iron skillet in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes until toothpick inserted in the center of the cornbread comes out clean.
Meanwhile make the strawberry sauce:
In a small pot, mix strawberries and sugar. Cook on medium heat until it's fully cooked.
Mash the strawberries using a masher or pulse a few times in a blender.
Once the cornbread is ready, let it cool for 10 minutes and then serve with strawberry sauce.
Notes
If you don't have butter milk in the fridge, mix 1 cup of milk with 2 tablespoons white vinegar or lemon juice and set aside for 10 minutes. Then stir again and use in the recipe.