Inaugural Visit to Georgetown Cupcakes

What has Lauren grinning from ear-to-ear while licking her lips and fingers at lightening speed?!  Why that would be our first-time visit to Georgetown Cupcakes, the location of TLC's television series, DC Cupcakes. 

We went there today with out great friend Amber, and her daughter, Ellie.  It was actually Amber's idea, did I mention she's a genius?! :0P  So we headed towards Georgetown after morning rush-hour, about 9am this morning.  We had great traffic and made great time, but guess what we found when we got there?  The store opens at 10am, and waiting outside their front door was a line already half-way up the block!

 

I know what you're thinking--cupcakes at 10am in the morning Katy?!  Well, when you have toddlers that aren't great at standing in line, and you go and visit places that require standing in lines (most places here in the metro area), you make strategic decisions to avoid potential tantrum scenes.  Hence the morning wake up to get to Georgetown Cupcakes.

 

So we were able to grab a parking space literally across the side-street from Georgetown Cupcakes; but we then found two sleeping children--Olivia and Ellie. Ugh.  But, wait!  There are two grown-ups here, so this is a cake walk (literally).  What a luxury!  Silly, but a luxury nonetheless, to have someone old enough to just sit in the car with the sleeping child. 

 Lauren and I jumped out of the car first and went and stood in the light D.C. drizzle to get our first taste of these legendary cupcakes.  The line moved fast and once inside the doors, the sheer amount of cupcakes on pedestals were unreal.  Easily 200+ cupcakes behind a wall of glass, 20+ flavors. *insert beaming white light from heaven and angels singing here*  Seeing this wall-o-cakes, Lauren went bonkers!  I loved seeing her reaction.  It was the second highlight of the day, next to tasting the cupcake!  She was literally a kid in a cupcake store, and living up to the saying! 

 

Then, to see the amount of people they had working the register, in back baking/icing cupcakes, and just those filling orders--there had to be at least 25 people (no lie!) working in this storefront.  And it wasn't a super large storefront by any means.  It was shoulder to shoulder inside, both in front of and behind the counter.  Probably not the best environment for someone that's claustrophobic, but luckily neither Lauren or I suffer from that.  The sweet lady in front of us worked just a couple blocks away and was more than happy to tell us about her favorite cupcakes.  So we followed her advice on flavors and she was spot on (or so I believe, as I didn't try all four cupcakes we bought)--red velvet, chocolate peanut butter chip, chocolate ganache, and vanilla squared. Why I didn't take a picture of these simple, yet beautiful cakes? Not sure. :/  Guess a return trip is in order?!?!?



Not my picture, but shows the simple,
but sweet decoration.