This is my 1st attempt of making:
BANANA MUFFIN
I baked this on Sunday 5th Sept. Sorry didn't have time to take the pictures of the process... as I rushed to get it done while Ben was taking his daytime nap and 10 of the muffins went to BIL's for his belated birthday celebration together with about 11 pieces of roasted chicken wings heheheh...
PREPARATION TIME: Less than 1 HOUR
* Less than 5 minutes to mix & fold batter
* 25 minutes for baking process
Ingredients / Tool Required:
* 1 pack of Banana Muffin Mix (500g)
* 330 grams of bananas (I used the small types)
* 3 eggs (room temperature)
* 150ml oil
* A measuring jug
* A big containter to mix ingredients in
* A flexible spatula for mixing and folding
* Cupcake casings-depending the casing size, I used 14 pieces this round
* Kitchen scale (to weigh bananas)
* A small ladle to spoon mixture into cupcake casings
* Baking aluminium foil the size of wire rack
What to Do?
* Place all ingredients into a big container.
* Mix and fold using the flexible spatula.
* Continue mixing and folding until all ingredients are combined.
* Using the small ladle, spoon the mixture to each cupcake casing until about 3/4 full.
* Drop in small amount of chocolate chips or whatever you want to decorate the muffins with into each cupcake casing
* Place each cupcake casings on top of wire rack which has been lined with baking foil.
BAKING PROCESS
*Pre-heat oven at 190℃ (about 5 minutes)
* Place wire rack tray into oven.
* Set oven to 180℃ and bake for 20 minutes (experimented by reducing temperature and time)
THE RESULTS
CLOSE UP SHOT
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Plain one... I love this one!
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Choc chip topping...
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Ugly sugar topping.. I know...
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REACTIONS FROM MY "GUINEA PIGS"
* Test subject 1 (aka me): "Much better than previous chocolate chip muffins! The shapes are definitely nicer compared to previous attempt which peaked at all directions! But feel dry... :( "
* Test subject 2 (aka Ben): "Mmmmmmm... "(if only you can hear this sound... very delightful!!)
* Test subject 3 (aka hubby): "So nice!!! Perfect!"
* Test subject 4 (aka MIL): "Nice! Much better than last time. See Ben keeps wanting more!"
WHAT IS DIFFERENT WITH THIS ATTEMPT?
* I totally poured in the batter till 3/4 fulls - which resulted in few of the cups overflowing
* Reduce baking time from 25 to 20 minutes (at 20th minute, I use chopstik to poke one of the muffins to check doneness)
* Reduce temperature from 190℃ to 180℃ since one of my fellow very experienced baker advised me to do that as I'm using a fan oven
So there you go.... my 1st BANANA MUFFINS attempt!
Overall,I'm happy with most of the muffins - the way they turned out, nice rounded peak.
But I really gotta find way to make it more moist.
And I still can't figure out when should I drop in the sugar coating at the top?
Anyone with any tips on how do I go about doing this?
If you have any questions or tips to share, feel free to leave a comment as I might have left out details of it or I could find out more from my SIL who taught me this during my 1st baking class recently.
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