Are you going to serve cupcakes for an upcoming event? Are you wondering how many of them you should prepare or which ones to choose – standard-sized or mini cupcakes?
Let’s take a look at some of the key points and find out the answers to these questions!
First of all, think about the time of the day when your event will take place. The time of the day is really important when it comes to people’s eating preferences. For example, in case your event will take place around or during a meal time, people will surely come hungry and ready to consume more. In case your event will take place early in the morning or at mid-day, not many people will be ready to eat a lot.
Therefore, this is the time to mention the second point in the considerations – whether you are going to be serving anything other than the cupcakes and if you have prepared other desserts. In case a meal is going to be served before the cupcakes people will most probably get full and not eat too many of your cupcakes. Some people might not even try them though most will eat at least one.
A third factor you need to take into consideration is the age group of the people who will be attending your event. If you are going to be inviting only middle-aged people they will surely not eat as many cupcakes as a crowd of teenagers of kids would eat.
What size of cupcakes should you choose – mini or standard? The standard size cupcake is considered to be the single serving size. When you serve them mini cupcakes, most people will take two at the least and will not even think too much before getting a third one. Therefore, mini cupcakes are a good idea only in case you are serving a lot of different desserts. This way people can eat a small cupcake and still have room for another dessert. This is true especially for small children and for Christmas and birthday parties.
The final factor which plays a role is the number of differently flavored-cupcakes you are going to serve. Even though it is always nice to offer your guests different choices, this might be considered as an encouragement to eat more in order to try all the different tastes.
In case you are serving a younger crowd like the one you would get for a child’s birthday party you should keep it simple and offer no more than two different flavors like vanilla and chocolate. Kids are not really picky and will eat your cupcakes as long as they come with a lot of icing on top. You can choose more exotic flavors in case you are serving adults because they will really appreciate them. In case you are going to be serving a crowd of adults you should stick to serving no more than three or maybe four different flavors of cupcakes.
More interesting information you will find on this site about Muffins.And in addition to that i will recommend you to read more about gingerbread (pepparkakor is the term in Swedish).