Are cupcakes and muffins friends?

The other day I was making banana chocolate chip muffins. I had my girls help me. Jenna who is 4 looked at me with her messy hair and beautiful big blue eyes and asks..."Mommy do you think cupcakes and muffins are friends?" I couldn't help but laugh and say I bet they are. She then looks at the batter and says "Well then your the muffin and I'm the cupcake and we'll be best friends" ....well isn't that a whole new meaning to muffin top.


Here is the recipe for the muffins...they are super yummy...even better if  you throw in some walnuts.

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

1 1/2 stick of butter
1 1/2 cups of sugar
2 large eggs
4 ripe bananas, mashed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups of white whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup buttermilk...well shaken
1 cup of chocolate chips

Preheat oven 350
With electric mixer cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in bananas and vanilla.
Mix dry ingredient's in separate bowl
Then sift dry ingredients and add to banana mixture alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Then fold in chips...and nuts if you are using them

Pour batter in muffin tins and bake 15 mins until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on wire racks and the devour with a cup of milk