Baked and Sprinkled: Baked & Wired

I have a strange obsession with cupcakes. Ever since I first discovered the idea of cupcake shops about three years ago, I’vebecome somewhat of a self-proclaimed cupcake expert. I worked at a cupcake shop for a summer back home. I wrote an essay about the cupcake phenomenon. And of course, I’ve eaten an absurd amount of cupcakes.

I’m also pretty fanatic about Baked & Wired, a coffee shop in Georgetown that also serves an array of delicious baked treats —including cupcakes, lots of cupcakes.

You would think two and two would go together, and I would have long ago engorged myself on some Baked & Wired cupcakes. But somehow, I never got around to it. I was always waiting for “the right time.”  That time finally came a few Saturdays ago, when fellow AU Gourmet blogger Abby Fennewald and I decided to start a series about cupcakes in D.C. Look out for her post to come.

Together, we ventured to the slightly tucked away shop. Although it’s a bit of a hike (and by that I mean it’s off M Street) it’s well worth the walk. As soon as you cross the threshold, you enter a friendly and relaxed shop. Head to the right to get coffee, the left for baked goods. That’s where we wanted to go.

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Looking at the row of cupcakes, each on their own little pedestal, I thought I would never be able to choose. All the workers were more than willing to help by chiming in with their favorite flavors. Finally, we each picked — Abby got strawberry and I got chocolate mocha — with a promise to share.

Finally the moment was upon me: my first bite of a Baked & Wired cupcake. I unwrapped the parchment paper, opened my mouth wide, and relished every second. The cupcake was good: a dense, deep chocolate cake with mocha-flavored frosting. The frosting on top was not a toppling mound like at most cupcake shops, which created my perfect frosting-to-cake ratio. There wasn’t as much coffee flavor as I would have liked, but I guess that’s what you buy coffee for.

Abby’s strawberry cupcake, however, was to die for. It is the only strawberry cupcake I have ever liked, which is probably due to the real pieces of berry baked into the batter. I liked it so much, that I ended up buying another at Taste of Georgetown later in the day.

Baked & Wired cupcakes were certainly delicious (especially the strawberry). Keep an eye out for future installments of Baked and Sprinkled to see how they stack up against other D.C. cupcakes. Have a store you want us to review? Comment and let us know and we’ll be sure to check it out!