Blueberry Lime Bread

This Blueberry Lime Bread is a fun twist on the classic lemon blueberry flavors that everyone loves. This bread makes a flavorful addition to your menu and you can use fresh or frozen blueberries and make it year-round.

One of the most popular recipes on my site is this lemon blueberry bread. One of my new favorite flavor combinations is blueberry lime and so I mixed the two and made blueberry lime bread.

This is my tried and true lemon blueberry bread recipe with lime substituted for the lemon. If you love lime, you’ll love this bread.

Ingredients for Blueberry Lime Bread

Besides the blueberries and the lime, all the ingredients in this bread are pantry staples. Here is what you’ll need:

• Butter
• Granulated Sugar
• Lime Juice & Zest
• Eggs
• Flour, Baking Powder, Baking Soda and Salt
• Sour Cream *
• Blueberries
• Powdered Sugar

* If you don’t have sour cream on hand, or prefer to avoid the fat, I have used plain Greek Yogurt as a substitute with good success.

Blueberry Lime Bread

This is a basic quick bread recipe where the wet ingredients and the dry ingredients are whisked together separately and then gently folded together.

Barely stirring them together is the key to soft quick bread. Over-stirring the batter will develop the gluten too much and it will result in tough bread. 

In the first mixing bowl, whisk together the melted butter, sugar, lime juice, zest, and eggs. In the second bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet, alternating dry ingredients with the sour cream. This means you’ll gently stir add a third of the flour and sour cream stir a few times then add the next third, stir, and repeat with the last third.

Stop stirring while there are still streaks of flour still in the batter. Barely stir in the blueberries.

Grease an 8 x 4 inch loaf pan and pour in the batter. Bake as directed below. You’ll know the loaf is done when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Let the bread cool in the pan for ten minutes, then remove it to a wire rack. Run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen before turning out onto the rack. Let cool.

When it’s cool, combine a bit of powdered sugar and lime juice to make a glaze and drizzle on the top of the bread.

This is a unique bread in that it’s delicious the day it’s made and even more delicious and moist the following day. Whenever possible, I make it a day in advance.

This bread can be frozen for longer storage. Wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and then foil before freezing.

Favorite Quick Bread Recipes

In addition to my lemon blueberry bread, my family’s favorite zucchini bread is one we make all the time. This cinnamon roll quick bread is always a hit and makes a perfect gift.

This lemon poppy seed bread from Tastes Better from Scratch is such a classic and you can’t go wrong with traditional banana bread either. 

If you make this recipe, let me know how you liked it! Leave me a comment below or give it a rating in the recipe card. Happy Baking

{originally published 7/24/19 – recipe notes and photos updated 3/31/22}