Then the next day there was a line, and the next, and it continued like that. Since the early days, I think people fell in love because they could see we were baking from scratch every day with the very best ingredients.
The line remains at the D. As soon as Georgetown Cupcake opened, word of mouth from satisfied customers led the sisters to begin shipping cupcakes to hungry fans everywhere. As they contemplated expanding the business outside of D. There is so much character to it. There are very few other neighborhoods in the country, really, that have this kind of character. What are your top three restaurants for a pre-cupcake meal? SKL: Le Diplomate. KKB: Oh yeah. SKL: Yes. We love brunch.
We love their mint lemonade. KKB: Oh yeah the mint lemonade at Peacock is really good. They blend the mint leaves into the lemonade. Oh one more: the one thing that we are obsessed about is the kale salad at Kafe Leopold.
SKL: So every year we donate happily to our troops. We love supporting our troops. KKB: Yes, she had her 10th birthday here and we baked cupcakes with her, her sister and her friends.
SKL: They made them from scratch and frosted them themselves. So that was super fun. Along with these locations the store also ships nationwide. The shop maintains the Potomac Street location for filling mail and special orders, as well as hosting special events such as cupcake decorating parties.
The majority of shipping orders and large projects, however, are filled at their shipping annex located in Sterling, Virginia. On weekends at the M Street location, lines extend out the door and around the corner. Customers consist equally of both tourists and locals. Georgetown Cupcake offers eighteen flavors daily, including multiple varieties of chocolate, vanilla, and red velvet that are available each day, three seasonal flavors, and other flavors on rotation throughout the week.
The cupcakes are baked throughout the day at the shop, and use specially-sourced ingredients such as cocoa from France and vanilla from Madagascar. Each cupcake has roughly calories, except for those with less frosting such as the Chocolate Ganache variety which have approximately calories.
The shop sells an average of 10, cupcakes daily, red velvet the top-seller. Each day, Georgetown Cupcake gives away free cupcakes, at each location; they announce the free, not-on-the-menu flavor on Facebook and Twitter , and give them out to the first customers who request them.
During winter and spring of , TLC filmed a reality series at Georgetown Cupcake, shadowing the sisters, telling their story, and aspects of running a small business. The second season began on Friday, February 25, Georgetown Cupcake is now located in Soho.
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