How to Get a Free Cupcake at Georgetown Cupcake

So awhile back I wrote about how to skip the line at Georgetown Cupcake.  My witty response: you actually skip the line and go somewhere else.  Ah, I love having a blog where I can pretend to be witty. 

But now I take it all back.  Georgetown Cupcake has the best cupcakes around.  And now that they've opened up new locations (one conveniently around the corner from my office) I don't have to contend with long lines or wait for trips to D.C.

Better yet, Georgetown Cupcake happens to be in the habit of giving away 100 free cupcakes at each of their locations every day.  Thankfully for you, I've kicked my five cupcakes a week habit so I'm no longer feeling too greedy to keep this secret to myself. 

All you have to do is check their Facebook or Twitter for the morning announcement (usually around 9:45am) of the "super secret flavor."  Then go to Georgetown Cupcake and order this secret flavor by name and it will ring up $0. 


Pro tips

•  Don't wait too long to get your cupcake, there's only 100 at each location and once they're gone you can't get a free cupcake again until tomorrow
• If you happen to be especially motivated and get there right as the doors open, sometimes they won't have the secret flavor baked yet and they'll let you choose any flavor you want
• On cold or rainy days the free cupcake supply tend to last longer, because the weak are less inclined to brave the poor weather in search of a free treat
• You don't have to feel pressured to buy a second cupcake just because you got one for free.  Fight the man! (Okay it's owned by two sisters, but whatever)

How to Skip the Line at Georgetown Cupcake

I admit it; I have hopped on the cupcake bandwagon.  They're the personal pizza of cakes.  They adhere to the 'everything small is cute' law (Have you seen baby shoes lately? C'mon).  You can mix and match or order a dozen of the same.  You can whip them up at home and feel like Martha Stewart.  Cupcakes are amazing and cupcakeries (cupcake bakeries) are popping up everywhere, see my previous post for example.

Georgetown Cupcake is one of the most famous cupcake bakeries around; they even have their own show on TLC called DC Cupcakes.  But anyone even remotely familiar with the bakery knows about the line.  Frequently a block long, the line moves relatively quickly but can still be daunting.  Georgetown Cupcakes has become more than a great local bakery; it's now a tourist destination.

So how do you skip the line at Georgetown Cupcake?  Simple, just skip it.  Literally, skip the line and go around the block to Baked and Wired instead.  This place sells mostly cupcakes but also has a coffee house vibe that's much more relaxed than Georgetown Cupcake.  And if size matters to you, these cupcakes are much bigger than the offerings at their more famous competitor.

I got a chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting, which is a favorite combo of mine; a vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting, a staple that I think can show a bakery's chops; a lemon cupcake with a raspberry creamcheese frosting; and an almond cupcake with peach frosting.  Yum!

The honest truth is that they aren't as good as Georgetown Cupcakes, at least in my opinion.  With the larger cupcake the cake to frosting ratio is a little off for me.  But overall they are great cupcakes and you won't have to wait in line for them.  Georgetown is impossibly cute and if you only have a limited amount of time you'll want to take a stroll, not stand in line.