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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! 

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Hi lovelies,
    With Christmas coming up, not only celebrating my 1st with Liam in our own home, but this year will also be our 1st year anniversary of being engaged. Yes, he surprised me last year and proposed on Christmas day. I had no clue! There were no presents left and he was trying to get me to search for it, because it was apparently under the tree, but me being the stubborn person I am, I refused. I completely ruined it! He was planning on kneeling down as soon as I got up to look under the tree, but because I wouldn't, he just pulled the box out of his pocket and asked me there and then. His parents knew all about it and had a bottle of champagne and cards ready for when I said yes.
   A year later, not only have we moved out of his parents house, but we have moved 100 miles away from anyone we know, we have our own flat and are very much still in love. We'll have been together 3 years in July and I honestly can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him.
   We plan on getting married on the 13th July 2014, on our 5th anniversary of being together. I've been scouring the web ever since we got engaged and I thought I'd share some of the inspirational pictures I have found for my perfect dream wedding!

   I hope I haven't bored you all with this post, it's just a very special time of year for me. As you can see from the pictures, the colour theme will be a very light pink. I would like a classic, vintage-y style dress, white of course, but I want to wear pink shoes. My bridesmaids have requested dresses with some form of straps, but I am having trouble finding something summery, floaty and full length. Although, a couple of girls would like shorter dresses. I'd like my cake to be simple and flowers to be eye-catching. The last picture is an idea for the reception. I know that there'll be a lot of children attending, so I'd like to have a pick and mix table, glass bowls filled with old school penny sweets and cups to fill. 

If you guys can think of any nice ideas, I'm always open for suggestions! Just shoot me a message!

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 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!