a new project

Okay world, I am taking on a new project here. I do have to say that I may have been inspired by a certain movie dealing with a girl who blogged about cooking her way through a certain famous female chef's cookbook. I thought to myself, hey is a really good idea. Take on something that interests you, or that you think may interest you, and go for the gusto and share it with others. What is my gusto you ask? Cupcakes. First and foremost, I have to say that I LOVE cupcakes, and not just how they taste (which I do have to say is like a little piece of heaven) but also just how cute they are. I mean they are such a happy little dessert! I mean, who can't resist the frosting and sprinkles (or jimmy's as we had discussed at work which is what they are called in certain parts of the country, *cough cough North Dakota cough cough* even though that term is also used as slang for something else, but we aren't going to get into that right now!) Anyway, back to the story, cupcakes. So, a couple weeks back, my wonderful husband Mark wanted to do some research at Barnes & Noble for some of his upcoming menus. I went along, and while he was picking out his cookbooks to look at, I feasted my eyes on, in my opinion, one of the greatest cookbooks ever! Martha Stewart's cupcake cookbook. I couldn't resist it, I was actually drawn too it, and as I flipped through the pages of decadent, fancy little cupcakes I got the idea to take on Martha's cookbook and try to make all the cupcakes in the book. I am going to try to make a cupcake a week and share my experiences them on here as well as sharing the cupcakes with the people I love. I am not the best cook, (but who needs to be when you are married to an amazing and cute chef?!) but I think I bake better than I cook and I would love to learn some new things. An so, it begins, the first cupcake will be made this weekend and we will go from there!