Our friend Doug is in town and with the new influx of cupcake stores in DC we've decided to do a daily cupcake tour. There are seven main storefronts, but up to 16 tested in the Washington Post's cupcake wars. Hopefully, we'll get to sample at least five in order to get the best "scientific sample."First, I'll just say, it's hard to go wrong with a cupcake, so I'll try to keep in mind that a cupcake is better than no cupcake at all. Our first stop was Hello Cupcake in Dupont Circle.
From past experience at this establishment, the frustrating thing here is they don't have all their flavors every day, so ones that I really like aren't always available. But variety is the spice of life and I was tricked into getting 8 cupcakes instead of 6 because there were a lot to try. By far the winner of the 8 cupcakes was the peanut butter and chocolate combo. Runners up include the lemon tart and chocolate cupcake with vanilla frosting. The general consensus was stay away from the buttered rum. I prefer the a bit of a moister cupcake, but as said before a cupake or two is always better than none.
