Cupcake Wars

Want a cupcake? You know you do!


A couple of months ago I set out on a self-imposed journey to discover the best cupcake D.C. had to offer. There are A TON of cupcake places here. Basically we have the same amount of cupcakes in D.C. as Provo has frozen yogurt joints. (Which is more than you really need). So every weekend I would try a new cupcake place. Or my boss Stacey would bring me home a cupcake from her work. Let me tell you she brought me several (like 5 or 6) cupcakes. It was awesome. Thanks Stacey! So that helped a lot in my important study of cupcakes. I finally tried all the places that I wanted to try (but probably not even close to all of them). Here is the top five starting from my lowest to highest rating.

#5. The Sweet Lobby- This little cupcake place is right by Eastern Market and probably shouldn't have even been in the running. But it's right by where I live so of course I had to try it out. The verdict- too dry. If the cupcake isn't going to be nice and moist (ew I hate that word...) then what's the point of eating it?

#4. Hello Cupcake- This shop is on the same street (barrack row) as The Sweet Lobby so it's also very accessible to me. These cupcakes were good. But they were just "alright". Also the staff were not friendly at all. I think if you're gonna serve cupcakes you have to be really perky. Cupcakes=happiness.

#3. Sprinkles- This place is SO GOOD! But compared to a couple of other places I had to give it third place. Also the cupcakes remind of something besides cupcakes. (I have a dirty mind, so sue me!)

#2. Baked and Wired- Okay, I considered tying these for first. They're amazing!!!! And huge!!! And moist (cringe).

(Our cupcakes from Baked and Wired. Mine was called Rainpoops and Unicorns or something... Ashley's was called the chocolate cupcake of doom. Aptly named).
And there is no huge line to wait in to get them. (At least when we went). And some of the cupcakes names have swear words in them. (One cupcake is called Pretty Bitchin'). Awesome. But the reason I made it second is....

#1. Georgetown Cupcakes- I tried these first. I will always be loyal to Georgetown Cupcakes. They are heavenly. The perfect amount of sweetness and frosting. TONS of amazing flavors. People love these cupcakes so much they wait in huge lines like these.

If you haven't seen it, this shop also has it's own t.v. show on TLC called D.C. Cupcakes. The show= not that great. The cupcakes themselves however= heaven!
Our array of Georgetown Cupcakes. (Yes we each got two!)

This is how Georgetown Cupcakes really make me feel:

That's right. Deliriously happy (or high?).

Georgetown Cupcakes also make me forget all my manners and I just start sampling everyone else's cupcakes.

GC (Gergetown Cupcakes) are so good I eat two cupcakes at one time. Using one hand.

But as you can see, I really enjoy Baked and Wired too!

Ashley enjoyed being doomed by chocolate.

Mark fell in love with his red velvet cupcake.

Well, if you ever come to visit D.C. and want to try some cupcakes, I would recommend going to Georgetown Cupcakes AND Baked and Wired. They're both in Georgetown and only a couple of blocks away from each other. And it's a good thing I don't live right next to these shops! I am going to Georgetown tomorrow night to eat at Serendipity though. (Yes like the movie Serendipity!) They recently built one here in D.C. I'll try to resist getting cupcakes but I will probably end up trying the famous frozen hot chocolate!

Thanks to Ashley for all the pictures!