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Happy almost New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is looking forward to 2015 ...and, really, what better way is there to welcome in the new year than with trifle?   ... (tumbleweed)... Exactly . And these ones are perfect! Trust. They're easy , yet impressive , plus necessarily indulgent (it's not January yet people!) As ever, my sister and I were in charge of puddings for Christmas day, and I just happened to stumble across this genius concoction on BBC GoodFood (http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/890640/baileys-banana-trifles), and there was no going back. These can be made a few hours in advance and kept in the fridge. INGREDIENTS (makes 4 individual trifles): 200ml double cream 5 tbsp Baileys 4 brownies (make your own for the best results)* 2 bananas, sliced 350ml vanilla custard toffee sauce (optional) grated chocolate (optional - we used some crumbs from the brownies) If you have time, homemade brownies really

So the original plan was blondies . I ADMIT IT. They didn't turn out exactly as I was expecting. HOWEVER. They were still delish . Sooooo... No qualms. (I have no idea if that is an appropriate use of that expression.) Anyway, I present this traybake/blondie/cake of chocolate chip and banana awesomeness. Let's just take a moment.  Think of them as slightly cakey blondies. Or slightly more dense and squidgy cake. Either way, my family polished them off with no complaints! Ingredients: 100g unsalted butter, softened 175g soft light brown sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 125g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 2 very ripe bananas, mashed  150g dark/milk/white chocolate, broken into chunks* *I used dark chocolate but any would totes work. Or maybe even a mixture. Go crazy.   Method: Preheat your oven to 170 degrees C . Line a 20cm by 20cm tin with greaseproof paper. Cream together the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Beat the eggs and v