Stephanie_Fujii Blog Posts

• Giving Thanks - Cupcake Style
  on Nov 24, 2012 in pumpkin Baking holiday cupcakes recipe
  I used to HATE Thanksgiving.  I was always thankful - don't get me wrong.  I just didn't enjoy the holiday.  Most of my family wasn't in the area, so we never had a big family gathering around the table.  It was me, sissy and mom.
• Mummies and Ghouls and Spiders, Oh My!
  on Nov 11, 2012 in Martha Stewart pumpkin Baking recipe
  Don't you just love the fall?  The colors, the clothes (man do I love me some boots and a cozy sweater!), the holidays and traditions...I love it all.  I also like the next couple of months because when I bake cupcakes for my class, it is e...
• Mudsliding into 30
  on Oct 14, 2012 in cupcakes with booze Baking recipe
  I rang in my 30th, a little bit late, but in high style.  We threw a cupcake and champagne party where guests were asked to bring a bottle of bubbly or some cupcakes from their favorite spot (or their own kitchen!)  It was QUITE a successfu...
• Good Golly, Miss Molly!
  on Oct 12, 2012 in red velvet cupcakes with booze Molly's Cupcakes cookie dough Cupcakes in Chicago
  I have officially celebrated living three decades on earth.  That's right - I'm thirty.  Thirty sounds so damned old when you're younger.  But when you actually get here - when you actually wake up one morning and you're magically the...
• Mountain [Sugar] High
  on Aug 28, 2012 in salted caramel red velvet carrot cupcakes in Truckee chocolate
  I am from a sleepy little mountain town called Truckee.  It's one of the best places on earth, if you ask me.  I moved there when I was in the first grade, and lived a full and wonderful life there until I graduated in 2000 - go Wolverines!
• Cookie Dough Heaven - A.K.A. The Best Cupcake I Have Ever Made!!
  on Aug 24, 2012 in Baking recipe cookie dough
  Yikes - it's been a while.  I know.  But, I had a baby, and that kind of takes up some time!  Not to say I haven't been sampling cupcakes - I have.  But I haven't been writing about it!  I have not, however, baked a single th...
• For Hire!
  on May 25, 2012 in Martha Stewart strawberry lemonade recipe
  Baking is definitely a hobby - actually, an obsession.  I love the smell of rising cupcakes in the oven, and certainly the joy on people's (mostly my students') faces when I bring them to work or to a party.  My students often say I should...
• Samoa Cupcakes
  on May 25, 2012
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• I'm Legit - too legit to quit.
  on May 24, 2012
  For Christmas (I know, a LONG time ago...) my sweet husband worked with a dear friend to create business cards for me for my blog and baking.  I am not really interested in creating a business - I mean, I like to bake but I'm not THAT great. &nb...
• Buzzzzzzed - Trying to Make it to Tax Day
  on Apr 21, 2012 in Coffee Baking recipe
  My wonderful husband, is a CPA.  So every year, from mid January to mid April, I become a "tax widow."  Meaning that my husband leaves for work the same time I do (around 6:30) and gets home between 9:00 and 10:00 - enough time for a cockta...
• Fairycakes - They're On a Roll!
  on Apr 21, 2012 in Fairy Cakes Peanut Butter Cupcakes Cupcakes in San Jose Food Trucks
  A few weeks ago, the husbo and I ventured down to see and taste Moveable Feast in San Jose.  Our best buds in SF took us to Off the Grid last year, and it was super delis and fun!  We lamented that we didn't have anything like that in our n...
• Holy Hiatus, Batman!
  on Apr 17, 2012 in recip cupcakes with booze
  Yikes!  I have been baking like a fiend, but too darned busy to log it all!  Life is crazy, but in all the good ways, and has been filled with sweet treats these last few months.  I will take myself off of hiatus status in style, and s...
• Cookies and Creamy Deliciousness!
  on Jan 17, 2012 in oreo cookies and cream Baking
  Things have been super crazy at the Fujii house since Christmas!  Things are always busy around that time, as they are for all of us.  But now that I have finally had a chance to breath and reset, I am back in my baking groove, and with som...
• Cupcakes from L.A. L.A. Land!
  on Dec 19, 2011 in fruit red velvet coconut gingerbread fleur de sel peppermint mint chocolate Cupcakes in Los Angeles chocolate vanilla bean
  I headed down to L.A. a few weekends ago to hang with a dear friend, Birdy, who is getting hitched in the summer of 2012!!  After a "small" incident at the airport (I forgot my ENTIRE wallet - ID, CC, everything...) it was a great weekend.  ...
• "Enjoy" Life - Eat a Cupcake!: SB Cupcake Crawl, Final Stop!
  on Nov 29, 2011 in chocolate cheesecake oreo toffee cupcakes with booze Cupcakes in Santa Barbara sweet potato wine
  I think in many ways, we saved the best for last.  On our way home, Emily suggested we stop at Enjoy Cupcakes - a place she had looked into 'enjoying' for my bachelorette party last year.  She said it looked really cool, and since we were i...
• You'll be "Crush[ed]cakes" if you don't stop here! SB Cupcake Crawl - Stop 2
  on Nov 25, 2011 in red velvet Cupcakes in Santa Barbara gingerbread strawberry lemonade
  I am a big fan of Cupcake Wars on The Food Network.  It's fun to see people make cupcakes out of random ingredients (like barley) and see the frenzy in the kitchen.  I also like to try out the cupcakeries featured, whenever possible.Crushca...
• Crawlin' Through Santa Barbara - Cupcakin' Style!
  on Nov 24, 2011 in pineapple Cupcakes in Santa Barbara cupcake crawl pumpkin cookie dough
  For the past three years we embark on a Santa Barbara adventure with our wonderful friends, The Roses. The first year was for our engagement pictures, the next for a marathon, and this past year, for a half marathon (Emily and I left our crazy marath...
• China Town Cupcakes!
  on Nov 6, 2011 in red velvet oreo guest blogger Cupcakes in China
  So, I've been off the blog for a while, sadly, but it's for a good reason!  The Mr. and I are upgrading our digs, and we have been living at my in-laws for a few weeks.  Things have been crazy and I haven't been able to sample, or bake! &nb...
• An Apple A Day...
  on Oct 4, 2011 in Martha Stewart Baking recipe
  In the spirit of going back to school, I decided to make these lovely creations for my AVID class for their birthday celebration!The cake was Martha Stewart's Apple Spice Cupcake recipe.  So delish and so moist!Applesauce Spice Cupcakes2 c all p...
• Humming Right Along...Hummingbird Cupcakes
  on Sep 24, 2011 in Martha Stewart Hummingbird Baking recipe
  I have always believed that baked goods can (and should) brighten a person's day.  When I was growing up, my mom would lead us in baking copious amounts of Christmas goodies for our friends and neighbors.  We would wrap them up in cute or p...