UYE: Cupcake Crawl DC-NoVA

Massive thanks to Julie H for the planning, and Alicia G for helping with the organization, of one of the most well thought out UYE’s in Unilocal history! It went off without a hitch and I think everyone had a wonderful time mingling, sharing and getting an unbelievable sugar high together. I wish I had been able to stay the whole day, or at least been able to make it back out for dinner at 2 Amy’s, but I completely enjoyed my 6 stops and I definitely changed my mind on several places. I’m not nearly the expert in this field like many of the ladies who were on this trek with us, so I’ll spare the details I usually delve into and just go straight to the scores. So here’s my rundown, with an overall rating per place, and individual ratings on each cupcake:
Château Gâteau (4 stars):
«Ya Mon» coconut cubed: 4.5 stars (
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«3^rd Date Magic» chocolate torte: 4 stars (
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We took a brief stop into Grape + Bean for a quick wake-​up coffee from an $ 11,000 press, or in my case a lovely «Breakfast Stout» (
), and I thought it was a really cute little shop with a nice selection.
Lavender Moon (4.5 stars):
Flourless chocolate with sea salt and almonds: 4.5 stars (
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Blood orange dreamsicle: 4 stars (
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S’mores: 5 stars (
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Buzz Bakery (3 stars):
«The 9:30» dark chocolate with chocolate frosting and cream filling: 3.5 stars (
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Peanut butter and bacon: 4 stars (
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«Bumble Bee» white cake and vanilla frosting with chocolate filling: 2 stars (
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Red velvet: 3 stars (
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Best Buns (4 stars):
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting: 4 stars (
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I also picked up a really nice chicken salad sandwich here for a break from the constant sugar intake. Like the cupcake, it was much bigger than I expected, and a really good mix of fruit, nuts, chicken and not an overkill of mayo.
Cake Love (5 stars):
«The 44» salted caramel named in honor of President Obama: 5 stars (
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Red velvet with cream cheese frosting: 4.5 stars (
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Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe (4 stars):
Plain caramel cupcake: 3 stars (
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Blueberry cheesecake with blueberry filling and topping: 4.5 stars (
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I can’t wait for round 2, although I’m thinking we should do a slider scavenger run first!

Sorry sorry sorry. I don’t know if people are still reading this over a week after the event, but I didn’t have time to write up my prolific notes before today.
I had a wonderful time with people I had never met or communicated with at all ever. Which is miraculous for me.
Before I go out and write teeny blurby reviews for all 15 locations, I do want to say two things. First, I have very specific taste in cupcakes. My idea cupcake should have a cake consistency somwhere around angelcake. The frosting should be whipped, as close as you can get to whipped cream without actually being whipped cream. But, the lightness of the treat belies the taste EXPLOSION within.
Second, major upset! I used to be a sworn fan of Georgetown Cupcake, but, after opening my pallet to all different kinds, I will say the Lavendar Moon is the new winner of my cupcakey affections. I <3 them. Alas, they are in Old Town, and I am in Silver Spring, so I am still more than happy to wait half an hour for 8 – 14 cupcakes every other month or so outside Georgetown Cupcake after work.

We did it.
15 stops. 2 dinners.
Over two dozen cupcake enthusiasts.
I was actually shocked at the number of folks who turned out — even if we only saw you for a hot minute, thank you for coming. For those who stuck with us for longer — you are all troopers. I will think happy thoughts for your pancreases (can you pluralize ‘pancreas’? Oops, I just did!).
Here’s where my penchant for remembering names will fail me abysmally:
Shout out to KJ, Laura, and Alice for starting and completing the whole day, including the now-​required trip to Ye Chon. I’m still jealous of your t-​shirts. You ladies are awesome. Especially for standing in line at Georgetown Cupcake. Oh, and vegan quesadillas.
Huge thank-​you to Alicia G. for taking photos all day and admitting that there’s at least ONE CakeLove cupcake worth loving. Also for navigating. Because otherwise I might still be in Virginia.
Props to Lauren E. and Casey P. for venturing out and keeping the car rides real. Also, for Cadence encouraging them to go and showing up post-​funeral. One word: fluffer.
Tu-​Van and Justin both helped me stave off a sugar coma by sharing cupcakes with me, and helped the planet and carless Unilocalers by giving rides. Yay!
Joie and Mark, who professed later that they didn’t even like cupcakes THAT MUCH (do you like them more or less now?) almost made it to the end before getting too sugared out.
Kevin, for setting aside his indifference to cupcakes to stay with us all day, even if all he can now talk about is «wurst!»
Jason for deciding that the Cupcake Crawl would be his first Unilocal outing — welcome to DC, I hope we didn’t scare you away!
Special shout out to Bobby and Tara (see? here’s where the not-​remembering-​names-​well thing comes in) — two girls who might love Warren Brown more than I.
Liz is also awesome for texting me to let me know that I shouldn’t be allowed to use Google Maps and saving us from ending up in the middle of who knows where VA. LIFESAVER!
The Utahans also made me an honorary Utahan (Utahian?), shared their cupcakes, and TOOK THE METRO all the way out to the middle of nowhere, northern Virginia to join us. Wow. I’m impressed.
I know I’m forgetting at least a dozen other ladies (and a couple of guys) by name. Now you know why we had nametags!
Last but not least — all the cupcakeries and bakeries. It was thrilling to see welcome signs, it was awesome to be able to sample your cupcakes and every place, without exception, was awesome to the gaggle of cupcake enthusiasts we brought through their doors. Thanks!
Oh, and you want to know about the actual cupcakes? I’m not sure I have space here! My cupcake opinions remain relatively intact, though I was pretty happy I gave Lavender Moon a second chance. I’m happy to say I’ve tried a bunch of bakeries that have always been on my list, and feel particularly accomplished for visiting 15 places in one day. This is why I love DC (and, okay, I’ll admit it, NoVA), Unilocal,and, of course, cupcakes!
Oh, and if you missed out or came along and wanted to add some photos — here’s the flickr pool —
(Er, did this come off as a thank you speech? MAYBE. Sorry. I did want to just shout my thankyous from the rooftop. Cupcake Crawl 2009 = EPIC.)

Julie H., thank you so much for getting this amazing event organized! This was the perfect event to celebrate a beautiful Saturday and the amazingness that is the cupcake. I only made it halfway through, but, thanks to some sweet scoreboards, I know exactly where to start for a future crawl, part 2. The Cupcake Crawl also reaffirmed my love of Old Town Alexandria and all its charm.
It was so nice getting to meet all you Unilocalers! Thanks again to Julie H., everyone who drove, took pictures, shared cupcakes and added to the overall fun of the event.

I cannot imagine this event having been any better! Julie H did an awesome job organizing, and the group, through it’s many permutations was a blast to be around.
Chatea Gâteau: Well done flavors and textures, awesome baker/​owner
Lavendre Moon: AMAZING cupcakes, Hummingbird and Flourless Chocolate Almond were my favorites, not overpowering in their flavors just Amazing
Buzz: cool atmosphere, skip the cupcakes
Cakelove: ehn, though the Salted caramel was yummy I was not wowed, also red velvet is supposed to be mildly chocolate flavored… not Lemon WTF?
Best Buns: HUGE
Heidelberg: mmmm Bratwurst, cupcakes were too sweet for my taste
Pasteries by Randolf: Solid red velvet, was not a fan of the cappaccino
Georgetown Cupcake: long line, cute presentation, Chocolate Ganache is really the only cupcake that both the cake and the frosting are superb on.
Baked and wired: set up inside is confusing and inefficient, good tea, wouldn’t go out of my way for their cupcakes, but might get one with their tea.
Furin’s: Awesome owners, solid (and HUGE) cupcakes.
Red Velvet: nothing special about the cupcakes in my mind
Hello Cupcake: Their cupcakes are hit and miss, I like the You Tart! and the Vanilla Gorilla, but in the past have not been as big a fan of the cupcakes.
Larry’s: The owner has an attitude… but in a good-​natured way. Having been there before I quoted back his attitude from a previous trip and he gave me two cupcakes! They’re also my favorite Red Velvet Cupcakes from this trip.
Sticky fingers: Awesome Chicken Quesadilla… and it“s Vegan, go figure. I liked the Margarita Cupcake, others were ok.
Something Sweet: was on cupcake overload the ones here didn’t make an impression, but that may have been due to the sugar overload.
2Amy’s: mmmmmmmmmmmm and plenty of leftovers for lunch

Even thought this was my very first Unilocal event I am confident in my 5 star rating.
15 cupcakeries, 11 hours, and a solid sugar hangover later and I still can’t stop raving. Julie H did an amazing job in organizing and herding us around the DC metro-​area. From the rating sheets to the constant updates by Alicia G on Twitter, we were kept on task and laughing. She provided each driver with parking info and did a great job of contacting all the vendors and keeping everyone up to date on the itinerary. We finished only half an hour from our mark, and with traffic what it is in the region, I was floored.
Julie had «warned» all the vendors that we would be invading en-​masse and a few had signs welcoming us as crawlers. I want to especially mention a few service highlights:
Château Gâteau: could not have been more enthusiastic. She was a total peach and loved the t-​shirts a few of my friends and I made to celebrate the crawl. (I didn’t know if overly enthusiastic t-​shirts would be acceptable event attire, but everyone supported my through geeking-​out)
CakeLove in Shirlington: Warren Brown, the man with a plan, was there himself to greet us! He has ensured a selection of cupcakes was already warmed to room temperature for our sampling pleasure. What a treat.
Furins: These folks were officially closing 5 minutes after we arrived, but they stayed open as we gathered around their enormous cupcakes. They laughed with us, asked all sorts of questions about where we had been, and were almost as into the crawl as we were! I will definitely be going back for lunch and more cupcakes!
My compatriot did the math and we probably each consumed 7 cupcakes total. I was excited that so many people joined and left the crawl, or rejoined later. It was a great opportunity to meet new people and really explore both the cupcake scene and area itself. I’d never actually driven from each location to the other and it really helped my sense of DC geography (and I’m FROM here).
I’m going to put my actual reviews for each venue on their own pages. With the wild success of this crawl, I’m now hooked on Unilocal.I can’t wait for the next event. But it will be a couple weeks before I can stare down a cupcake!

Julie H. did an amazing job as organizer! Unfortunately I had to dip out a third of the way through. No one told me that I was supposed to pace myself and only eat slices of cupcakes not multiple cupcakes at each location – my bad. Because of this, diabetes-​ness took its toll and I was out of commission by Pastries by Randolph.
It was really fun to meet some Unilocalers in real life (oh, so *YOU’RE* Nicole O!), and not too sure about how I feel about my reputation preceding me… But everyone was super nice and fun to hang around with. Weather was beautiful and starting at the Farmer’s Market was a great idea. I also liked the name tags (that we wore even at non-​Yelp parts of the day by accident – free marketing for Unilocal!).
I look forward to the next UYE~

Julie H. did an amazing job of coordinating every aspect of this event, from its conception to planning out stops with the cupcakery owners to schedule timing to communicating our whereabouts to finding rides for the carless. Great job Julie — your passion for the art of cupcakes is shown through the success of this event.
Besides being on such a sugar overload that I was becoming delusional, I had a great time going out to all the cupcakeries and bakeries and sharing the ideas of the perfect cupcake with all the Unilocalers (and non-​Yelpers who should soon be Unilocalers). If it weren’t for the husband showing up towards the end of the crawl I would’ve gone absolutely delusional and dragged down even more than I was when I was at that point.
Some highlights of the crawl include:
Château Gâteau — s’mores were the best ones I’ve had out of the others.
Lavendar Moon — can’t go wrong with this place. Their meringue-​topped s’mores and the blood orange creamcicle were winners.
Buzz Bakery — bacon cupcakes are an amazing idea! I’m so glad I got to try these when they were still available. It might’ve tasted better if it had a maple syrup frosting instead of a peanut butter one. It still tasted amazing otherwise.
Cake Love — wish I actually had the ‘cakes here. I heard nothing but praise for their salted caramel (and I love me some salted caramel)
Best Buns — no chance for cupcakes. Bacon cheddar scones were a godsend!
Heidelberg Pastries — no chance for cupcakes here either. Good bratwust, though.
Pastries by Randolph — good orange cupcake frosting. Moist yet small.
Georgetown Cupcake — very pretty ‘cakes.
Baked and Wired — can’t go wrong with the cake part of their strawberry cupcakes, though the frosting is gritty sugary sweet. Their lemon blueberry one is pretty good too.
Furins — moist cakes. Boston crème or strawberry shortcake were winners.
Red Velvet/​Tangysweet — peanut butter chocolate cupcakes were tasty.
Hello Cupcake — their peanut butter blossom is like a Reece’s peanut butter cupcake. Other goodies were their pastry special (chocolate with cherry preserves) and their triple coconut.
Larry’s Ice Cream and Cookies — …
Sticky Fingers — interesting cocktail-​themed flavors. Texture was dry and gritty. Tasty otherwise. Their «chicken» quesadillas were pretty good.
Something Sweet — the frosting on their strawberry cupcake tastes like either a strawberry milkshake or Breyer’s strawberry ice cream.
Overall a successful crawl and a great time. Now for my blood sugar levels to bring down.

Greetings from Château Gâteau!
As one of the cupcakeries, I’d like to thank you all for coming out. It was so great to meet you, and as one of the non-​storefronts, I was especially appreciative of the exposure and the opportunity to participate.
Big shout out to the cupcake girls – you know who you are – stop back by any time and our secret password will be «(color) flashdance Tshirt!»… fill in the blank.
Thanks again for including CG, and please come back and visit soon! The Alexandria Farmers’ Market is year-​round!

Julie H. is a –fantastic– events planner and logistician.
She made a list. We showed up. We invaded and ate.
I was smart enough to go for a run before joining the folks in Georgetown but not smart enough to have had some major food in my stomach before embarking on such a tour. As a result, I severely paced my cupcake consumption. Someone else, on the other hand, did appear to have quite the sugar high and had the energy of a firecracker *discretely points at Kevin*.
Alicia G. did a fantabulous job of keeping the Twitter feeds updated and taking photos that I know are going to be as beautiful as her work always is.
I enjoyed meeting so many new faces and thought the weather could not have been more perfect for our crawl.
Thanks Julie and Alicia for all the hard work and planning of everything!

WOW! I can NOT believe i actually did this… and i’m NOT even a fan of cupcakes? Yup… i must have been trippin when i signed up for a 12hour cupcake-a-thon…what can i say, i’m always up for anything that JUST SOUNDS COOL…
First, a special Thanks!!! to Julie H. for her exceptional organizing skills… very well planned, very fun, and ust turned out into an AWESOME event, YAY Julie!!!
…12 hours and 25 cupcakes later… here are my Cupcake Crawl 09 reviews:
CHATEAU GATEAU — 4 STARS
Flavours: Ya Mon Coconut3, Plain Jane, Oopsy Daisy, Smores
Cake: ⁴⁄₅ Firm, moist, light
Frosting: ⁴⁄₅ Creamy, not too sweet, not sour or nor tangy
Filling: n/​a
Presentation: ³⁄₅ Simple
Exterior: n/​a
Interior: n/​a
LAVENDER MOON — 4.5 STARS
Flavours: Vanilla Bean w/​Lemon Custard, Blood Orange, Buttermilk w/​Mexican Chocolate Filling
Cake: ⁵⁄₅ Firm, Moist, Light
Frosting: ⁵⁄₅ Creamy, Gooy, yet not too sweet, not sour nor tangy
Filling: ⁵⁄₅ Bursting with flavor! There’s an unexpected punch to it
Presentation: ³⁄₅ Simple & pretty
Exterior: ⁵⁄₅ Cute shop & marketing sign on cute side street
Interior: ⁴⁄₅ Cute, playful, loud, fun
BUZZ CAFE — 3 STARS
Flavours: Bacon Peanut Butter Chocolate, Red Velvet, The 9:30
Cake: ²⁄₅ Firm, Kinda Dry, Too Rich & To Sweet
Frosting: ²⁄₅ Too Rich & To Sweet
Filling: ²⁄₅ Too Rich & To Sweet, Very Gooy
Presentation: ⁴⁄₅ Some very interesting & intricate designs
Exterior: ²⁄₅ Verrry Plain
Interior: ⁴⁄₅ Modern, Lively, Fun
BEST BUNS — 4.5 STARS
Flavours: Chocolate w/​Cream Cheese Frosting
Cake: ⁵⁄₅ Firm, Moist, Rich, Fluffy
Frosting: ⁵⁄₅ Creamy, Not too sweet, not sour or nor tangy
Filling: n/​a
Presentation: ³⁄₅ Simple & pretty
Exterior: ³⁄₅ Plain
Interior: ²⁄₅ Looks & smells & feels like a Panera Bread
*Note: At this point, I was SO not wanting to put another cupcake in my mouth, but i DID,.and i not only ate the WHOLE THING, i ordered ANOTHER ONE… if i am THAT full and it was THAT good. then it was THAT good!!!
CAKELOVE — 3 STARS
Flavours: Pumpkin
Cake: ³⁄₅ Firm, But somewhat dry
Frosting: ³⁄₅ Creamy, but too sweet
Filling: n/​a
Presentation: ³⁄₅ Simple & pretty
Exterior: ³⁄₅ Cute name, simple
Interior: ²⁄₅ Plain, Simple
*My first experience with CAKELOVE: I am NOT a Starbucks fan, but i had to go to Starbucks after to get something else… bad day…
PASTERIES BY RANDOLPH — 4 STARS
Flavours: Cappuccino, Red Velvet, German Chocolate
Cake: ⁵⁄₅ Firm, Moist, Rich, Fluffy, not too sweet
Frosting: ⁵⁄₅ Creamy, Not too sweet, not sour or nor tangy
Filling: n/​a
Presentation: ³⁄₅ Simple & pretty
Exterior: ³⁄₅ Plain
Interior: ²⁄₅ Simple, but nothing to rave about
*Note: The Cappaccino frosting was so creamy & rich & good, it tasted like fresh cappaccino ice cream on top!
GEORGETOWN CUPCAKES — 4.5 STARS
Line-​Up: ⁰⁄₅ …WTF…i’m not waiting in that line for a cupcake!!!
Flavours: Chocolate Ganauche, Caramel Apple, Red Velvelt, Lemon Berry, Mocha
Cake: ⁵⁄₅ Firm, Moist, Rich, Fluffy
Frosting: ⁵⁄₅ Creamy, Not too sweet, not sour or nor tangy
Filling: n/​a
Presentation: ⁵⁄₅ Stunning!
Exterior: ⁴⁄₅ Cute
Interior: n/​a Never made it inside, got friends to wait in line & order…
*Note:
The Chocolate Ganauche — won the Washington Post Cupcake Review for 2009 — it tasted like eating a THICK chunk of fine cocoa — pure chocolate, anyone???
Caramel Apple — not too sweet, like a light french toast cake
Red Velvet — tangy berry undertone taste, not too sweet
Lemon Berry — too sweet!
Mocha — too strong!
BAKED + WIRED — 5 STARS
Flavours: Strawberry, Pretty Bitchin’ Peanut Butter, Mocha, Blueberry
Cake: ⁵⁄₅ Firm, Moist, Rich, Fluffy
Frosting: ⁵⁄₅ Creamy, Not too sweet, not sour or nor tangy
Filling: n/​a
Presentation: ⁴⁄₅ Pretty
Exterior: ⁵⁄₅ Sweet little shop in Georgetown, pretty signage…
Interior: ⁴⁄₅ Presentation of the sweets is modern & hip, seating areas are minimalist, colors are dark & urban & cool
*Note: AGAIN, i was about to go into a sugar shock at this point, but i forced a few more cupcakes down, and it was SOOO good, i ate the WHOLE thing…
FURIN’S — 3 STARS
Flavours: Strawberry Short Cake, Red Velvet, Boston Cream
Cake: ⁵⁄₅ Firm, Moist, Rich, Fluffy
Frosting: ⁵⁄₅ Creamy, Not too sweet, not sour or nor tangy
Filling: n/​a
Presentation: ⁴⁄₅ Pretty
Exterior: ¹⁄₅ Not so pretty or nice; a dive
Interior: ¹⁄₅ a dive, diner-​café-​cafeteria all –in-​one
*Note: AGAIN, sooooo full, soooo over cupcakes, soooo sick of sweets… but this place had the BEST Red Velvet of the Day!

In a word: epic.
We couldn’t have asked for more perfect weather. We couldn’t have asked for a better turn-​out in the horde of cupcake crawlers. We couldn’t have asked for a more well-​planned and well-​timed itinerary than what Julie H pulled together, and we couldn’t have asked for more cupcakes than what we ate. Seriously. No more.
Admittedly, I probably had somewhere on the order of one full cupcake by the time we’d finished (fourteen hours later), but slivers and nibbles of others’ petite confections was more than enough for me.
Instead, I opted for various other items along the way. Delicious coffee from Grape + Bean, served from a Clover machine (is it –really– $ 11k?!), a nibble of the cheesecake topped with fresh blueberries from Heidelberg, my personal fave of the baernwurst with kraut and lots of mustard also from Heidelberg, and of course an irresistible large iced soy latte from Baked & Wired.
Even the roving caravan of cars that was required in order to transport the hordes of cupcake crawlers wasn’t terribly painful. (Oh, hi mormons!) Although, admittedly, the entire Columbia Heights situation was a) not fun due to construction mess and b) not worth the hassle for the grosstastic mojito cupcake at Sticky Fingers. As my London colleague likes to say: «Mo’-jitos, mo’ problems!»
And a big shout-​out to all the kids who tagged along at my behest to finish the night off with some delicious K-​food at Yechon. Although he got a late start, Travis did manage to lap me a couple times in cupcake consumption, –and– finish off a good half bottle of soju pretty much by himself. Baller.
Way to go, Julie, for pulling off a magnificent day of Unilocaly gluttony!

What a super fabulous event! I wasn’t even able to stick out the full 10 hours of cupcake debauchery, but after 7 hrs of licking icing and sampling everyone and their mamas cupcakes from some of the best bakeries in the DMV… I had to tap out.
Julie H «The Cupcake Goddess» did an amazing job of organizing this event. Every detail was covered — rating sheets, a well thought out timeline, directions to each location, water bottles (with Unilocal Cupcake Crawl stickers) … she thought of everything!
This was such an amazing opportunity to check out so many places that I’ve heard buzz about, but may not have gone out of my way to find. It was also great to connect with fellow Unilocalers and enjoy a beautiful day together, trekking all over the place.
Also, big shout to Alicia G for holding Twitter down throughout the event, snapping shots all day from each location… and hooking me up with an AMAZING homemade meatball with lamb, cheese and some other tasty pieces of yum yums.

I made it to 9 out of the 15 selected bakeries for this year’s cupcake crawl and I still can’t believe I managed that many.
This event was awesomely organized from the parking maps, detailed itinerary, and driving directions right down to the twitter feed and water bottles. I had a blast trying new cupcake flavors and bakeries I never would have even known about before the crawl.
Yes, it’s a really long day and a lot of sugar, even if you split cupcakes between more than one person (which is the only reason why I wouldn’t recommend this for parents) — but it’s SO worth it, especially if you’re not familiar with the cupcake «scene» here. I don’t live near any of the bakeries we visited today and I really appreciated the chance to branch out.
I rated 4 stars because I believe there’s always room for improvement and I know next year will be even better :)
My recommendations would be that next time we should visit all of the bakeries directly instead of going to, for example, a yogurt place that sells cupcakes from a bakery somewhere else — I know, it’s more travel, but to have the full menu of choices would be great, and I also feel like seeing the bakery is part of the experience. Also, I think it would be cool if we could all have matching t-​shirts which people could pre-​order online from somewhere to wear while we all went around.
Otherwise, I think this was a great way to spend a Saturday. I’m not sure I ever want to eat another cupcake for a long time (maybe not until next year!). I appreciated all of the hard work that went into this, the organizing really paid off. It was great to walk into a bakery and have the staff already know we were coming!

Julie H did a fantastic job of organizing and delegating today — from contacting bakeries ahead of time to let them know we’re coming, to itineraries/​schedules/​directions-​maps/​scorecards/​water bottles and creating a twitterfeed for me to update and making sure everyone had a ride to get to the next cupcakery — many many thanks need to be given to her!
There were about 6 or 7 of us who lasted the ENTIRE DAY (I was one of them!)…yes-it’s crazy and yes-it’s a lot of sugar but I could think of no better way to spend a beautiful fall day in the DC-​NoVA.
I think Julie’s biggest accomplishment for the day (and she might agree with me) was convincing me not to hate on CakeLove because I actually REALLY liked the salted-​caramel cupcake. Oh yeah, and we got to see/​meet/​talk to Warren Brown!
So I’m not sure I’ll get around to reviewing every cupcakery/​bakery we went to since for some places, I feel like I should return before rendering a verdict, I will list my favorite cupcakes from each spot:
Château Gâteau — pineapple upside down cake
Lavender Moon — flourless chocolate cupcake
Buzz Bakery — I actually didn’t like them here… oops.
Heidelberg Pastries — the raspberry cupcake
Pastries by Randolph — the red velvet
Georgetown Cupcake — …er.
Baked & Wired — I always get the strawberry but I happened to really enjoy a piece of the lemon blueberry cupcake
Furin’s — boston cream cupcake or strawberry shortcake
Red Velvet Cupcakery — Birthday cupcake
Hello Cupcake — Dulce de Leche — was okay
Larry’s — …er.
Sticky Fingers — …margarita was okay… the mojito one — not so much.
Something Sweet — uh somehow I managed to take all the photos for this place and miss getting a bite before we had dinner at 2 Amy’s…(So I need to come back).
Thanks again Julie for organizing and for all who came out! I’ll have the photos up on flickr hopefully by Monday and post the link on Unilocal and on the @cupcakedc Twitterfeed! :)