All in a days work...

I baked 4 dozen chocolate stout (guinness) cupcakes today. My mixer has never been so full...I was getting scared it was going to overflow. I think the next time I try to bake so many at the same time, I will do smaller batches.

Everything is still on track, the wedding is in 2 weeks. Last weekend I baked 2 dozen plain yellow cupakes that will later get filled with raspberry jam. I also bought the lovely frosting colors that you see above.

Fudge Marble Cupcakes

Wedding Cupcakes

So, I am making 120 Cupcakes for my friends wedding on May 1, 2009. I began the process today and I thought I would chronicle my experiences.

The planning process was the most daunting part but we decided on 4 flavors: marble, red velvet, chocolate stout (aka Guinness cupcakes), and vanilla raspberry filled.

The Plan:

1. Bake 2 dozen cupcakes each week for the month of April
2. Freeze the cupcakes that are made at the beginning of the month
3. Thaw out any cupcakes starting Wednesday April 29th
4. Decorate and package the cupcakes for transport April 30th - May 1st
5. Wedding: May 1st 7:00pm.

It all sounds so easy...

First up: Fudge Marble. The recipe was supposed to make 24 but I only ended up with 21 since I am too batter happy when filling the cups. They came out pretty big. I have a lot of extra fudge glaze so I might need to compensate later and make another batch. They are cooling and waiting to be packaged for the freezer.