Instead of testing out recipes this weekend, I baked and decorated around 250 mini cupcakes. These bite-sized desserts weren't blogging related, they were requested for a private party. I decided to snap a few pictures to share with you before I delivered the order.
There were 4 kinds of cupcakes:
Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting and chocolate sprinkles.
Red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate curls.
Lemon cake with a lemon cream cheese frosting and yellow decorating sugar.
The lemon was my favorite, but I must admit I had fun using my vegetable peeler to make the chocolate curls for the red velvet cupcakes.
The whole process went fairly smoothly. I made the frosting earlier in the week, then baked the cupcakes the night before the event. The original order was for 10 dozen, but I didn't realize one batch made 5 dozen of the mini size. With 4 flavors I ended up with 20 dozen cupcakes spread across my table and counter. Umm yeah, only double what I needed. But now I know for next time. The next morning I frosted and finished each cupcake. Of course I doubted myself and freaked out that I wouldn't have enough frosting. After all, I had prepped for 10 dozen not 20.
So I hastily made one more batch of frosting and then rewhipped each previous batch, adding just a little more butter and powdered sugar to stretch it. My brain, however, was still in frosting conservation mode and I went light on the frosting while decorating. I ended up with way too much leftover. Oops, guess I should have stuck with the original plan and gone with my instinct, not the doubt of the last minute rush. Hmmm, I've never said that before. Oh and by last minute rush, I actually mean cram everything into half the time and have it done several hours early. I had a little too much fun using that extra time to play with my camera.
The whole process went fairly smoothly. I made the frosting earlier in the week, then baked the cupcakes the night before the event. The original order was for 10 dozen, but I didn't realize one batch made 5 dozen of the mini size. With 4 flavors I ended up with 20 dozen cupcakes spread across my table and counter. Umm yeah, only double what I needed. But now I know for next time. The next morning I frosted and finished each cupcake. Of course I doubted myself and freaked out that I wouldn't have enough frosting. After all, I had prepped for 10 dozen not 20.
So I hastily made one more batch of frosting and then rewhipped each previous batch, adding just a little more butter and powdered sugar to stretch it. My brain, however, was still in frosting conservation mode and I went light on the frosting while decorating. I ended up with way too much leftover. Oops, guess I should have stuck with the original plan and gone with my instinct, not the doubt of the last minute rush. Hmmm, I've never said that before. Oh and by last minute rush, I actually mean cram everything into half the time and have it done several hours early. I had a little too much fun using that extra time to play with my camera.
Food for Thought: "Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice reduces the imperfection." -Toba Beta
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