Recipe - Banana Bread!! baking | banana | banana bread | banoffee | bread | cake | cooking | fruit | recipe | toffee | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall | yummy

Ingredients

285g/10oz plain flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/2 tsp salt

110g/4oz butter

225g/8oz caster sugar

2 eggs

4 ripe bananas, mashed

85ml/3fl oz buttermilk

1tsp vanilla extract

Preheat the oven 180c/350f/Gas 4

Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a mixing bowl.

In a separate bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.

 Add the eggs, mashed banana, buttermilk and vanilla extract to the butter and sugar mixture and mix well.(Don't the mashed bananas look really gross!)

 Your banana mixture should look something like this. 

 Then fold in your dry ingredients. (Flour, salt, bicarb)

 Make sure to grease your tin, then pour in your mixture. 

Place in the oven for an hour, or until golden brown. As you can see, I did a few muffin case sized ones, I also added dry fruit to that mixture. Liam doesn't like dried fruit, hence I didn't add it to the large loaf. 

If you are anything like me, whilst your banana bread is cooking, you will have to clean your kitchen! 

Once cooked you can enjoy your banana bread alone fresh out of the oven, or pair with ice-cream and toffee sauce for a delicious banoffee desert. 

Let me know if you guys try this! 

Extra Yummy Hunters Pork bbq | bbq sauce | cheese | cooking | dinner | food | how to | hunters pork | melted cheese | pork | pork steaks | pub grub | recipe | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

Hi Lovelies!

It's been a while since I did a recipe post so I thought I'd treat you to something I conjured up last week. 

Liam loved it!

1- Take your pork steaks and coat in seasoned flour. We just seasoned with salt and pepper but you could add herbs or even maybe some garlic powder. Lightly fry in a shallow pan.

2- Cook until the pork is on the right side of cooked and your coating is browned.

3- Place your pork steaks on a baking tray and add your favourite BBQ sauce.

4- Top with grated cheese. We used extra strong cheddar but the choice is yours.

5- Grill until your cheese is melted.

6- Serve with an accompaniment of your choice.

ENJOY!

It's quick, easy and super tasty! 

Quick Steak Fajitas beef | bell peppers | cheese | cooking | dinner | fajitas | food | foody bits | mayo | nom | onions | steak | tea | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall | yum

 I used diced lean beef steak.

First I cooked my onions and peppers, then added the steak.

 Cooking on a low heat, I added Old El Paso BBQ Fajita Mix. I let the beef cook as much as I wanted it to, then turned off the heat, covered with tin foil and let rest for 10 minutes. 

We then added out choice of extras, garlic mayo and cheese, nom, and wrapped up in flour tortillas. 

Yummy Chinese Style Battered Chicken. batter | chicken | chinese food | cooking | dinner | food | fried rice | meal | pork | recipe | rice | sweeat and sour chicken | sweet and sour

Hi Lovelies!
I made this for the first time last night and it was so tasty, I just had to share it with you!!If you do decided to give it a go, let me know what you think of it!! Also if you don't like chicken, you could also use this batter with pork or another meat or meat substitute of your choice.

 First chop you chicken fillets into chunks. 

 To make your batter you will need -

1 egg

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/3 cup milk

1/2 flour

 Mix all of your ingredients together, it should be quiet a thick consistency.

 Brown your chicken in a dry frying pan. 

 With a fork, dip your chicken into the batter until it is lightly coated.

 Shallow fry the chicken...

 until the batter is golden and crispy.

Take your chicken out and place in a bowl on top of a piece of kitchen roll. This will get rid of any excess oil.

 Prepare the sauce of your choice. I cheated and used pre-made Chinese sweet and sour.

Enjoy with fried rice and prawn crackers!

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     I found them through a video from Marie 'Bitsandclips' and I've been watching their videos ever since. They have the power to make me smile, even on my down days. So if you do ever read this, I just want to say thank you for that!
     Along with their daily vlog channel, Sam has her own beauty channel giving tutorials, Friday favourites and giveaways, and Jay has his own Q&A and cooking channel. I personally cannot wait to try some of his recipes.

Watch Yesterdays Vlog Entry Below

And don't forget too subscribe to their channels! I did!

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White Choc Chip Cookies baking | biscuits | choc chip | chocolate | cookies | cooking | recipe | sweets | white choc

This is probably the most versatile cookie recipe ever! You can add anything in place of the white chocolate chips I used. Other great choice are nuts, raisins, or cinnamon. 

 You will need-

A mixing bowl, a spoon, scales and bowls for ingredients.

 Ingredients you will need-

8oz self raising flour, 

5oz butter,

4oz caster sugar,

1 beaten egg,

A pinch of salt.

 Mix the butter, flour and salt together to form a 'breadcrumb' consistency.

 Mix in the sugar and also your choice of extra (mine was white choc chips)

 Mix in your beaten egg to form a dough.

 Knead the dough until smooth.

 Wrap the dough in tin foil.

 Place in the fridge to cool for at least 30 minutes.

 After the dough has been cooled, roll into small balls and flatten onto a baking tray. Place in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. 

Take out of the oven when golden brown and let cool. 

ENJOY!!!

Chocolate & Vanilla Cake baking | cake | choc chips | chocolate | cooking | food | frosting | icing | pink | white choc | white chocolate

 You will need - 

A spoon, a mixing bowl, some scales and bowls. 

 I like to measure the ingredients out before I mix them. 

You need - 

4oz self raising flour,

4oz caster sugar,

4oz butter,

2 eggs,

Vanilla Extract (not Pictured)

Food Colouring (optional)

 Mix the butter and sugar...

 ...until creamy

 Mix in the flour and eggs, I usually add 1 egg and 1 spoon of flour at a time,

then add the rest of the flour.

 Mix in your food colouring of choice.

 Also add the vanilla extract at this point.

 Grease your cake tin.

 Pour in your mix.

 Preheat your oven to 200 degrees and bake for 25-30 minutes, or stick a knife into the center. If it comes out clean, it's done!

Leave to cool.

 Ice your cake with yummy chocolate icing.

 Decorate and Enjoy!!

YUMMMMMMO!