baking challenge

i have a new found respect for those bakers on all those reality baking shows. i took on a challenge.. since i love baking cupcakes my boss asked me if i would like to bake some cupcakes for her friends wedding. of course i took this offer.. i was like sweet! i get to bake and try a few recipes and everything and decorate some cupcakes.. i was all excited to make some red velvet cupcakes and i realized wait its 75 cupcakes i need to make! ohh and its for a wedding! so they better be amazing... okay and also she didn't want red velvet cupcakes she wanted chocolate cupcakes with vanilla icing. well im not used to that since im usually about the red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing.
anyways it was intense.. i recruited my friend meagan to come help me.. i found a good recipe which uses melted chocolate instead of cocoa powder (which i find always makes richer tasting cake)

 the recipe called for 4 eggs.. but since the recipe only made 24

i needed 16!

a bit more tedious.. waiting for the chocolate to melt and all

so we bought all the ingredients and we even bought some giant boxes to put them all in so it looks more professional when i deliver them.. we even piped the icing (thank god for meg! i dont know what i would have done without that piping set).. usually i just spread the icing on with a spreader but i can't do that for a wedding!

 all i was asked to do was to make chocolate cupcakes with vanilla icing

they will do the decorating

okay! so done!

three boxes.. 35 in two of them and 15 in the other

i made a few extra!

but wow i was getting cranky lol.. im pretty sure i snapped at my family a few times.. it was stressful! they need to be baked well inside not too dry and they icing needed to be thick enough to pipe and the cupcakes needed to be cool enough to ice.. and i needed a place to store them until tomorrow thats cool enough that icing wont melt..

but im impressed with our work.. i feel good about them even though im not a very good judge of whats good in terms of chocolate cupcakes.. i got some other opinions though and the verdict was positive!

yay