Hello All!

 I am a home based baker in Columbus, Ohio and I am holding a wine and cupcake tasting event in January. I've been going back and forth with the size that I should offer my tasty bites. I've grappled back and forth between regular and mini. I will have six different flavors and the meadery I am holding it at is providing 3 wine samples, a free tour (which also includes 5 extra wine samples free).

What would you do? I have invited and made tickets for 100, but I am expecting maybe 60...20 have already RSVPed and 12 have bought tickets, I just launched everything last night (I am charging just to help cushion the cost!)

Any advice would be great!

Thanks

Tishona

I'd do minis, since people will be eating multiple flavors.

i mean i got left outside while they did the wine testing/tasting last time -- but i had the dog too -- so obviously i'm not an expert but you want to have palate cleansers too -- but probably the winery provides those --

but i had a box of cupcakes, a diet coke a nice picnic table and my son was out there with me too on a gorgeous san jose day -- i wasn't totally abandoned but full disclosure i'm clearly not a pro winery person --

you could slice/quarter regular sized cupcakes too but i'd keep things well labeled whichever way you go -- hardly a wrong way to do it -- i'd want some cheese though wouldn't you -- i guess the winery would have crackers though -- 

hope it's a big success for you

I just did a small booth and did mini cupcakes. People really liked the mini cupcakes but they are more work than regular cupcakes. At least that's how I felt. Good luck! Wine and cupcakes sounds awesome!

How so?...in the sense of minis being more work?

I feel like the smaller something is, the more work it is. You are filling a ton more liners. They are kind of a pain in the butt to fill, until you get into a groove. If you have to make a ton And don't have a few of those 48 mini cupcake pans you will be spending a lot of time in the kitchen. I didn't have those pans and regret not getting at least one. I had a bunch of the 12 mini cupcake pans. They didn't bake well in my oven 2 or 3 at a time. Not sure if it was because the heat didn't distribute evenly with the multiple little pans, so I had to do one at a time. That made it painfully long. I have baked 14" round cakes in my oven no problem before. So not really sure the issue with the small pans. That being said, I feel like they are awesome for free sample tastings. They are the perfect size and you don't have to worry about them drying out like a slice of cake or cut up cupcake. I will just get the larger pans for my next booth. 

Ah! I see what you mean! I have a 48 well pan and plan on buying a few more. My apartment is small, therefore my kitchen and appliances are small, so I'll be baking in a licensed kitchen that has a few ovens(convection and convention). Hopefully, everything will run smoothly!