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The Cupcake Cup: Curbside Cupcakes vs. Cupcakes Actually

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Help us vote for the best cupcake in Washington.

Published Wednesday, March 17, 2010

It's time for the Edible Eight of the Cupcake Cup! Here are the contenders:

• Curbside Cupcakes
• Cupcakes Actually
• Georgetown Cupcake
• Best Buns
• CakeLove
• Something Sweet
• Bakeshop
• And either Buzz or Fancy Cakes by Leslie; that'll be determined by 2 PM today (vote here)

Let's kick off this round of voting. Before you know it, we'll be in the Final Four (any clever confectionary names to call that round, readers? The Frosted Four, perhaps?).

Click below for this morning's match up.

• See the full Cupcake Cup bracket
• Follow along with the Cupcake Cup here

 

Comments

Boooooo, I missed my chance to vote for Cupcakes Actually! Cupcakes Actually you rock and you will always be my winner too!! 8-)

Posted by: Rafaela, Mar 23, 2010 08:48:04 AM

I think it was meant that Cupcakes Actually got as far as they did!

Cute store, cute packaging, creative flavors ~ gotta give credit for that. Icing is good. The end.

Posted by: Rossly, VA, Mar 18, 2010 11:21:02 AM

Curbside cupcakes are over rated and over priced. Don’t get me wrong, they are good. But nothing special. Smallest cupcakes around. People love them because of the novelty of the cupcake truck.

Posted by: JR, Mar 18, 2010 11:01:09 AM

How is this rigged?? Curbside has a loyal bunch of followers who voted in the poll. Sorry Cupcakes Actually didn’t have as many fans vote, no need to be sore losers.

Posted by: E, Mar 18, 2010 07:31:37 AM

Aww bummer, I missed my chance to vote for Cupcakes Actually. Close race though!

Posted by: michelle, Mar 18, 2010 07:21:58 AM

Cupcakes Actually, You will always be my winner!!!
I agree- This was totally rigged!

Posted by: Laura, Mar 18, 2010 07:14:59 AM

I am a Curbside Cupcake fanatic!!!!! I bought a dozen and shared with a couple of my co-workers. They were soooo moist and delicious we were speechless. I shared with a good friend and at first she couldn’t understand why I paid that much money for a cupcake. She understood after she ate it and we go out every Tuesday to get cupcakes. When that pink truck pulls up people come from nowhere and the line gets long!!! People are constantly begging to have that truck come to their area. I am completely spoiled and cannot see eating a cupcake from anywhere else. You need to try the carrot cake, it is truly unbelievable!!!!

Posted by: sharon, Mar 18, 2010 07:10:15 AM

this is soooo rigged.... Washingtonian is Junk

Posted by: ricky, Mar 18, 2010 07:06:01 AM

Go Sue at Cupcakes Actually, love your cupcakes. We are voting you our winner!

Posted by: Susan, Mar 18, 2010 06:56:52 AM

palate.

Posted by: Don, Mar 18, 2010 06:40:23 AM

I am totally shocked by the first post here! I have bought 5 dozen cupcakes there since December and not one of them has been anything less than AMAZING! My pallet is quite demanding (I am an ardent food tourist) but still I don’t see how the complexity of these cupcakes could be lost on the average person!

The first cupcake I had from Cupcakes Actually changed my life. We had just returned from New York and I still had the horrible taste of Magnolia Bakery on my tongue. I had been to G-town cupcake and was starting to believe that this culinary revolution was not my thing. I couldn’t understand why because I love sugar.

When I went in, I was hoping to finally understand what all the fuss was about. I ordered the peppermint paddy cupcake.

It didn’t make it out of the store. Light and airy cake, velvety melt-in-your-mouth frosting that was not too sweet--this is what everyone is going crazy about! I had found my personal perfect cupcake. I brought 5 home. My husband (who is not a sweet addict like me) insisted that we go the next day and get more. Yeah, they are that good.

Posted by: Leslie, Mar 18, 2010 06:13:19 AM

Were pulling for you Sue!!! Best of luck - you deserve it!!!! Go Cupcakes Actually!!!

Posted by: Little Dawn, Mar 18, 2010 06:02:08 AM

I live in Fairfax and bought a dozen of Cupcakes Actually for my husbands birthday. The top of the cupcake was hard and didn’t last more than one day. Icing is good but the cake was just awful.

Work in DC and tried Curbside -- It would be hard to go anywhere else now. The most moist cake I have ever tasted. The cake alone would be good. But the icing is amazing too. I’ve bought them on Friday and they are still good Sunday night (if I have any left!).

Posted by: Ali , Mar 18, 2010 05:27:31 AM

Jeannie, Baked & Wired lost to Curbside in the previous round.

Posted by: Vinny, Mar 18, 2010 04:27:20 AM

Where’s Baked & Wired (Georgetown) on this list??

Posted by: Jeannie, Mar 17, 2010 01:47:06 PM

HEY CHRIS S.- I am one of the baker’s at Cupcakes Actually and have read your comments. Thank you, I appreciate all comments-positive and negative, that’s how we improve. I am sorry you had an unpleasant experience with us; please let me make it up to you. Come back in and get some new cupcakes(new recipes-moist and light as air) on me. To everyone - Many thanks for your past,present and hopefully future votes and support. We really appreciate it!

Posted by: Carrie, Mar 17, 2010 09:39:26 AM

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