Tasty Tuesday

Well I hope everyone is having a great 2011 so far.

Today, at 6 inches of Ribbon, is Tasty Tuesday.

Ive been busy making lots of cupcakes.  Nothing too fancy, just regular flavor cupcakes with a little pizazz.

First Cupcake to share is my  

chcolate cupcake with vanilla icing topped with a chocolate covered strawberry.  (come of the cupcakes were vanilla cupcakes with vanilla icing.

They were so good.  I made them for my sister in laws bridal shower.  They were a hit.

The cake mix was a box mix, but the icing was homemade as usual.  I dont think i will ever use store bought icing ever again.  The homemade stuff is just too good.

The second cupcake to share is a regular vanilla cupcake with regular chocolate icing with a few sprinkles to please the children.  They enjoyed them.

Next week, I will be working on a Lemon bar cupcake.  Ive been craving lemon bars for a few days now and thought it would be neat to transform the lemon bars in to cupcakes.  Ill let you know the outcome.

Also - has anyone else fallen in love with the show Cupcake Wars on food network?  I love that show and look forward to seeing all the different ingredients they use.  Some of the things sounds great, but some of them sound nasty.  If you havent seen the show, I suggest you tune in on Tuesday nights and watch it.  Its pretty entertaining, even my husband watches it with me. 

Well have a great day and go bake something tasty!

Ready for 2011?

Who's ready for 2011? 

Im not sure I am.  I have a hard time just typing 2011. 

My fingers dont want to go in that direction.

What a year 2010 was.  Lets just hope 2011 is just as good, if not better.

This year, for 6 Inches of Ribbon, you will probably see more baking.

Ive found that baking is truely what I love to do in my spare time.  Particularly, cupcakes of any flavor and decor.  So get ready to see more of that.  

I also will be continuing the renovation of my town house.  There are some things that really need to get done around here like our back porch and back "yard" area.  I say "yard" because theres not much of it, but I would still like to see a little grass back there, rather than dirt.  I might venture out and possible regrout my tile floors.  I saw a DIY tutorial on it and it doesnt look that hard. 

My P90X is going great.  Im entering into my 3rd month.  Ive seen progress in my arms and legs the most.  I think I need to pick up better eating habits before I see more results in the mid section.  I dont think P90X is something I will be giving up this year.  Its alot of fun and the results are benefitting enough for me to continue.

Im also going to work on a new look for the blog.  Not sure when I can fit that in my schedule, but I would love to update it some and have something fresh for 2011. 

As for couponing, that will always be something I will be doing.  That is part of my life now.  I saw a show on TLC the other day, Extreme Couponing.  If you havent seen it, its really motivating.  Im going to get back in the groove of things and start getting my grocery bill back to $60.00 a week. 

Thats all for now.

See you tomorrow for Tasty Tuesday!