Cupcake Wars

The other week Jared and I decided to do a cupcake war of our own. In Georgetown, there are 3 prominent bakeries that we decided to enter into the contest waging between our two judgmental mouths. The contenders were as follows: Georgetown Cupcake, Sprinkles, and Baked & Wired. Unfortunately, Georgetown had a line waaay too long to stand in with a wiggleworm toddler, so we had to skip it. Although we didn't get Georgetown that day, we have had it times prior and considered our impressions substantial enough to be able to contend. And the winner in our book is... dun, dun un DUN - SPRINKLES! Yes, Sprinkles still came out on top. Why it wins in our book:

Density - both the cake and frosting are just heavy enough to let you savor each bite. Georgetown - too airy and whipped. B&W - cake too generic tasting and not enough frosting for size of cake
Flavor - perfect amount of not too overpowering but definitely a lingering taste. Georgetown - totally wins on flavor, just not overall.
Size - not too big, not too small. Georgetown - too small. Baked & wired - too big? I hate calling a cupcake too big, because really? can there be something as too big a cupcake? I don't think so. But Sprinkles just nails it
Price - Georgetown charges too much for their size {smaller than Sprinkles}, B&W - $4 a bit pricey for me, Sprinkles - reasonable. PLUS both Georgetown and Sprinkles offer a secret word each day that if you "whisper" to the cupcake lady you get it for free. DOUBLE bonus for Jared and me.

Basically, what this sums up to is this contest of ours gave me a reason to eat 2 cupcakes in 5 minutes. Maybe next should be an ice creamery contest? :)