October at Georgetown Cupcake

Not only are Maple & Pumpkin Spice cupcakes back at Georgetown Cupcake, but since it's the month of October, that means Halloween Cupcakes are back too!

Photograph from Georgetown Cupcake FB Page

Check out all the Seasonal Flavors and what's available each day by jumping over to Georgetown Cupcake's website. Pumpkin Spice will be around through November, so get it while it lasts!

Also, don't forget about their daily promotions via their Facebook Page. Their Daily DC Cupcakes Trivia ships a FREE dozen cupcakes to the first person to answer the trivia question correctly on their FB wall. And of course there's the daily Free Secret (Not-On-Menu) Flavor given away to the first 100 people who visit a shop and order it by name.

Georgetown Cupcake...The Show!

That's right! Many of you probably know this by now, but for those of you who don't, check out this blog posting sent to me by the people over at NBC Universal:

"It's going to be a sweet Valentine's Day for the founders of Georgetown Cupcake. Not only are they going to be celebrating a second anniversary, but they are also about the become TV stars.

According to local blog DC Fab!, the show will be a "how to" for cupcake enthusiasts. The cameras will also go behind the curtain (or perhaps beneath the frosting) to reveal the success secrets of the booming business.

Sisters Katherine Kallinis and Sophie LaMontagne co-founded Georgetown Cupcake together almost two years ago. They recently moved into a new flagship location on M Street. They also started delivering deliciousness across the country, sending their cupcakes to nationwide stardom."

And there you have it! Stay tuned for more details.

FREE Pumpkin Spice at Georgetown Cupcake!

Today's Secret FREE Off-the-Menu cupcake is PUMPKIN SPICE! Drop by Georgetown Cupcake today and ask for a Pumpkin Spice and it's yours FREE! Make sure you do it quick though, only 100 per location.

And hey, become a fan on Facebook or follow them on Twitter to find out tomorrow's FREE Off-the-Menu flavor!

Georgetown Cupcakes for New Years

How cute is this cupcake?! Available by pre-order or walk in at Georgetown Cupcake locations!

Snowflake Cupcake from Georgetown Cupcake

A coworker went out for lunch and scooped up a box of these cute cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcake in Bethesda, so of course I had to snap a picture. Love the snowflake!

Georgetown Cupcake News

Did you hear? Georgetown Cupcake, who currently has 2 locations - their original Potomac Street location as well as their brand spankin new Bethesda Row location (GO VISIT!) - is moving their original spot! Yup, they're moving to a BIGGER (thank God!) space on M Street. 33rd & M at 3301 M Street, NW, to be exact. Stay tuned for Grand Opening info - there will be free cupcakes all day long!

In other Georgetown Cupcake news, are you Bethesda-Area cupcake lovers looking for a good place to get your cupcakes for all those parties this month? Well then make sure you visit the new Bethesda location (4834 Bethesda Avenue) to check out their holiday flavors! Special for the month of December, they've got White Chocolate Peppermint, Chocolate Peppermint, Gingerbread, Chocolate Egg Nog, Rudolph Red Velvet, Snowball (their coconut cupcake), Hannukah Cupcakes, Christmas Cupcakes, AND New Years Cupcakes. Holiday Cupcakes (the Hannukah, Christmas, and New Years cupcakes) are available every day during the holiday week and by special order during the entire holiday month. Check out some of the cute cupcakes below.

UPDATE: The Grand Opening is Tuesday, December 15th! Stay tuned for more details.

Gingerbread Cupcake; pic from Georgetowncupcake.com

Hannukah Cupcakes; pic from Georgetowncupcake.com

Rudolph Red Velvet Cupcake; pic from Georgetowncupcake.com

Cupcake from Georgetown Cupcake; pic from Georgetowncupcake.com

GTown Cupcake Bethesda Grand Opening

For those that weren't able to make it, take a look below at some pictures from Georgetown Cupcake's Bethesda location's Grand Opening! Unfortunately I was unable to make it, but GC posted some pictures by Nakeva Corothers on their fan page!

Georgetown Cupcake Bethesda Grand Opening

Drop by Georgetown Cupcake's Bethesda location this Sunday between 12pm - 6pm to celebrate their Grand Opening and to snag a free cupcake! They'll be handing out the free cupcakes - one per person - all day.

4834 Bethesda Avenue - be there!

Express' Best of 2009 Competition!

Tired of looking at these "Best Of" competitions and seeing Cakelove round the top 3? Me too! Does it confuse and anger you? Me too! So don't forgot to check out the Best of 2009 Competition and vote for your favorites! (Most importantly, your favorite cupcake spot and favorite bakery).

From now through Friday, Oct. 16, you can vote for your favorite D.C. area people, places and things in more than 100 categories; the finalists in those categories were chosen by Express readers last month. You can (and should) comment, too -- they want to hear why you love what you love. The winners will be announced Friday, Nov. 6, in a special issue of Express.

The finalists in the Cupcake Category are: Baked & Wired, Cakelove, Georgetown Cupcake, Hello Cupcake, and Red Velvet Cupcakery.

The finalists in the Bakery Category are: Best Buns, Cakelove, Firehook, Le Pain Quotidien, and Sticky Fingers Bakery (Best Buns and Sticky Fingers both serve up cupcakes).

Go Vote!!

Pumpkin Spice at Georgetown Cupcake

Pumpkin Spice is back at Georgetown Cupcake, and available Tuesdays - Sundays for the month of October!

Pumpkin Spice Cupcake; picture via Georgetown Cupcake's Website

Chocolate Orange and Halloween Cupcakes will also be available this month! You can call the store at 202-333-8448 to inquire about store availability.

Halloween Cupcakes, picture via Georgetown Cupcake

Taste of Georgetown

Baked & Wired and Georgetown Cupcake will be two of the 26 restaurants at this weekend's Taste of Georgetown.

Drop by the Baked & Wired and Georgetown Cupcake tents this Saturday, October 10, between 11am and 4pm on Wisconsin Ave & M Street NW. Entry into the Taste of Georgetown does not require a ticket, but tasting does! You can buy your tickets Online (1 Ticket for $5 or 5 Tickets for $20) or the day of the event in the Eagle Bank Parking Lot.

Georgetown Cupcake Ships Nationwide!

Many people have been waiting for this day to come, and now it's finally here! Georgetown Cupcake is now offering shipping nationwide.

Picture via Georgetown Cupcake's Website

You can choose from their Classic Box (Red Velvet, Chocolate Squared, Chocolate & Vanilla, and Vanilla Squared) or their Seasonal Box (Pumpkin Spice and Chocolate Hazelnut). The Classic Box contains 3 Red Velvet, 3 Chocolate Squared, 3 Vanilla Squared, and 3 Chocolate & Vanilla for $29.00. Flat overnight shipping is $26 nationwide, and Saturday delivery is an additional $20 for each order. All orders are shipped UPS overnight and must be made by 4pm EST for next day delivery.

Classic Cupcake Box, via Georgetown Cupcake's Website

Check out Georgetown Cupcake's website for flavor descriptions!

Going Out Guru's Party, with Cupcakes!

Looking for something to do this Thursday?? Four of the Washington Post's Going Out Guru's are throwing themselves birthday celebration at Clarendon Ballroom!

Since David, Jen, Stephanie and Rhome all have August birthdays, they're turning their monthly happy hour into a joint birthday party. Georgetown Cupcake is providing 400 of their delicious treats (so come early to make sure you get one). You can also to enter a raffle to win their end-of-summer prize: a two-night stay at the Bellmoor Inn in Rehoboth Beach, Del.

On the main floor inside, there'll be free food from the Ballroom (while it lasts): look for veggie nachos, hummus and veggies, soft pretzel bites, grilled chicken quesadillas and lemongrass beef skewers. Sounds like a good time to me! 6:00 - 8:00pm Thursday, August 13th.

Obama's Mystery Birthday Cupcakes

aaHA! Looks like the cupcakes that Obama gave to long-time White House Journalist Helen Thomas yesterday came from none other than Georgetown's Baked & Wired!

Photograph by Carrie Devorah, Washington Examiner.

To celebrate their mutual birthday, Obama surprised Thomas with a plate of cupcakes from Baked & Wired while leading the press in singing “Happy Birthday." Obama also reportedly ordered one of B&W's famous pies (Pecan Pie) for himself to enjoy later on. I haven't tried the Pecan Pie, but I was able to sample some of the other pie flavors at the Washingtonian Magazine Best of Party last month and they were great!

Photograph by Amie Parnes, Washington Examiner

And in completely random DC Cupcake news, the Washington Examiner reports that Madam Tussauds' threw the wax Obama, his wife Michelle, Bill and Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush an over-the-top birthday party in a balloon decorated “Oval Office.” An Obama-theme cupcake tower from Georgetown Cupcake — complete with presidential seals and birthday candles — was served to the party-hat wearing wax figures amid a sea of balloons and a nine-foot tall balloon column.

Washingtonian Mag Best of DC Party!

On Wednesday night I attended Washingtonian Magazine's Best of Party - what a GREAT time! Definitely worth the ticket price. The portions are plentiful and the drinks are strong!

Georgetown Cupcake and Baked & Wired were both at the event. Since Georgetown Cupcake was obviously bringing cupcakes, Baked & Wired decided it would be a good opportunity to show customers that they do carry other delicious desserts, so they brought their tasty brownies and pies and were doing drawings to give away some cakes!

Me with Teresa, owner of Baked & Wired

The spread at Baked & Wired's table

Posing with Sophie Lamontagne, who owns Georgetown Cupcake with her sister Katherine Kallinis.

Cupcake Heaven? Georgetown Cupcake's spread at the event

Georgetown Cupcake's Peanut Butter Fudge Cupcake was SO good. The chocolate cake was warm and rich, and was filled with a warm and gooey fudge sauce. Mike had the Red Velvet, Georgetown Cupcake's signature flavor, and loved it!

Georgetown Cupcake Weekly Giveaway

Want to know how to make all your coworkers love you? Drop off your business card at Georgetown Cupcake every Wednesday in July & August for a chance to win a "Cupcake Break" for your office. 4 dozen cupcakes - flavors of your choice - delivered on the day of your choice!

Great American Bake Sale

Georgetown Cupcake will be at the Tenleytown Whole Foods Great American Bakesale event on Sunday, July 19th. Come out and support the community to help end childhood hunger! The event takes place all day.

Speaking of the Great American Bake Sale, mark your calendars for July 19th and tune into Food Network at 10pm for the Ace of Cakes season premiere featuring Duff Goldman, Great American Bake Sale National Spokesperson, and the Charm City Cakes team as they hold a Great American Bake Sale of their own in Baltimore, MD.

Georgetown Cupcake's Future Location

Behold! The future location of Georgetown Cupcake - Bethesda. Georgetown's second location will be at 4834 Bethesda Avenue (in Bethesda Row). It's weird because the address is skipped - the stores go right from 4832 to 4836 - but 4836 is a large space and is currently vacant. So maybe they be cutting that space in half? Who knows.

Either way, it will be located between Organic To Go (4832) and Assaggi (4838). About a 5 minute walk from my office! The picture below is just a shot of the street if you're standing outfront of the store. Very nice location.

Best of Washington 2009

It’s that time of year again – time for the Verizon Wireless Best of Washington!

For the past 30 years, Washingtonian Magazine has invited readers to vote for the best people, places, and services in the area. Readers rate everything from pizza parlors, pot stickers, and cocktails to Congress members. Washingtonian editors weigh in too with their picks of the best Washington has to offer.At the Verizon Wireless Best of Washington Party, Washingtonian invites the winners to set up booths and serve up their best. In 2008 more than 1,200 guests, celebrities, restaurateurs, and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society supporters filled the National Building Museum to sample, sip, and socialize.

Both Georgetown Cupcake and Baked & Wired will be serving up their sweets at the annual party.

The Verizon Wireless Best of Washington 2009 party is on Wednesday, July 15, from 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM at the National Building Museum in DC. Tickets are available for purchase on the event page, which you can access by clicking here. There are two types of tickets available:

VICE PRESIDENTIAL TICKET, $95: 7pm admission to cuisine from more than 50 of Washingtonian's very best restaurants and unlimited beer, wine, and cocktail from the areas best bars and lounges.

PRESIDENTIAL TICKET, $125: Offers early admission to the Best of Party. Skip the lines and gain early access to all the best food and drink when you arrive at 6pm – a full hour before the VP Ticket Holders. Ticket price includes a Limited Edition Best of Washington Event T-Shirt.

Butttttt after a lengthy Google search, I found a couple discount codes to save you some money on the ticket prices. For the VP ticket, use the code DC1BEST to get $10 off, and for the Prez ticket, use the code LLS1 to get $30 off per ticket!

For a full list of restaurants, bakeries & brews at the event, click here.

Maryland Cupcake Wars

Anyone see the Recession Fuels Cupcake Wars article in the Gazette last week? Looks like Maryland cupcake competition is heating up as the Bethesda location of Georgetown Cupcake is coming soon. You can read the whole piece by clicking here, but I’ve taken the main points below for you:

Competition to create — and sell — the ultimate cupcake is heating up in the Maryland and Washington, D.C., region, as the culinary craze gains steam in metropolitan areas, driven by the recession.

Georgetown Cupcake, which jump-started the movement locally in 2008 when it opened a location in Washington, is preparing for its second location in Bethesda this fall.

"We are opening our second shop in response to the overwhelming demand we've had from our customers in Montgomery County," said Sophie LaMontagne, who owns the high-end Georgetown bakery with her sister, Katherine Kallinis. "We think cupcakes have, and will continue to be, an affordable treat, even during recessions."

Cupcake businesses are doing better than most bakeries during the recession because smaller treats tend to sell better during hard times, said Paul Sapienza, vice president of operations for Retail Bakers of America in McLean, Va.

"People like to award themselves with little treats that don't cost much," Sapienza said.
Competition in Bethesda is growing stiff with the arrival of Georgetown Cupcake, which sells thousands of cupcakes each day and employs more than 60 part-time workers at its current location, LaMontagne said.

The renewed interest in cupcakes has brought in many customers who order cupcakes in lieu of traditional wedding cakes, she said.

Not too far from Georgetown Cupcake's proposed site in downtown Bethesda, Leslie Goldman-Poyourow is using the cupcake allure to supplement her creative cake shop, Cakes by Leslie. She said customers are often coming in to sample the miniature treats and then buying party cakes, too.

"I think that people are so used to eating very low-quality food in general, and around here, there's not that many great bakeries. Some of these new places actually have a great taste, but they have to keep the quality up," she said.

Goldman-Poyourow, who has owned her cake shop for 14 years and just moved it from Gaithersburg in October, said the cupcake market is becoming oversaturated, with many people "hyper-focused" on them. She suspects the trend may die down soon, with Maryland on the tail end of the craze.

"There will always be something new," she said.