Photograph by Stacy Zarin-Goldberg.
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Red velvet cupcake at Red Velvet Cupcakery (Penn Quarter and Dupont Circle DC)
Sicilian almond gelato at Pitango (Logan Circle DC and Reston)
Espresso cupcake at Buzz (Alexandria)
White-chocolate-mousse cake by the slice at Pastries by Randolph (Arlington)
Peanut-and-buttercream sandwich at Napoleon Bakery (Annandale)
Walnut brownies at Something Sweet (Cleveland Park DC)
Macaroons at Praline (Bethesda)
Monkey bread at Best Buns (Shirlington).
Cream-filled doughnuts at La Flor de Puebla Bakery (Riverdale and Hyattsville)
This appeared as part of the Dirt Cheap Eats section in the November, 2009 issue of The Washingtonian.
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Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.
