The entire Decemeber had been one super enjoyable month with all the parties, work and my prom night going on (reaching home as late as 4am!). Great time with my dearly missed schoolmates, but I also managed to bake Cuppucino Cheesecake, Torta Caprese, Brownies, Apple Crumble & Jelly Cheesecake (5times!!! My all-time favourite). I love baking :D (didn't update because my DSLR was brokened)

This morning I made these Banana Muffins w chocolate chips. Awesome, I say! I love them because they are so homey and fragrantly sweet. In fact, Banana Muffins were memories of my first baking experience! I was only 14years old then. You might want to know more about it here. It is seriously funny and interesting :P

RIGHT. So.... Does muffins taste better using butter or oil? My hypothesis was that oil would be a better option and this morning, I divided the same muffin batter into two, half using butter and the other half using oil!

The results wasn't apparent so I could barely tell the difference! (the picture below: those w topped chocolate chips are baked using oil. those without topped chocolate chips are baked using butter) The 'oil' muffins are just really SLIGHTLY lighter than the 'butter' muffins. Besides this, they are equally moist and soft. Very tender and light! Not oily at all!! But if I have to make a decision, I think I'd still use oil in the future which I believe is only a personal preference :D

Anyway it's New Year eve today. Here's my new shopping list for 2010!!

1) New DSLR lens
2) Adobe Photoshop. I'm currently using the most POPULAR microsoft office picture manager to click the 'auto-correct' & file resizing LOL -.-" It breaks my heart when a picture I really likes get rejected by the food gallery :( Sighs. Photoshop is a necessity and I'm hoping to get it asap!
3) KitchenAid Food Processor (I don't own one and that's why I avoid doing desserts that require me to use it)

Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins Recipe:
makes a dozen

190g flour
1tsp b.powder
1tsp b.soda
1/2 tsp salt
150g sugar
3 large bananas, mashed
1 egg
1/3 cup oil (or butter. Both are fine!)
1/3 cup yogurt
1tsp vanilla
3/4 cup chocolate chips

Combine the dry ingredients. Combine the wet ingredients. Stir the bananas mixture into the dry ingredients gently. Fold in the chocolate chips. Top with dessicated coconut if you wish :) Bake at 170degreeC preheated oven for 17-20minutes or until light brown and a toothpick comes out clean of the mufffin.

My sportsclass classmates at Prom Night. Me in the blue kimono. LOL!! =x everyone looking gorgeous :)

Bakers, have a happy new year :)