Baked & Wired: Georgetown / Washington D.C.

Baked & Wired
Regular Flavors: $ 3.65 ($4.00 with tax)

Since posting this blog, we have received many request to visit Baked & Wired. This past weekend was a great time to walk around Georgetown. The weather was prefect after a long winter.

The setting is amazing and has a lot of character. The old charm of Georgetown and the riverfront; this is prime location. As much as the inside is hip and cool, sitting outside is as much of a treat as the one you are eating. The name of the shop comes from a husband and wife team. One is the baker (baked) and the other works the coffee (wired) shop. Makes sense to me.

As mentioned on their website, this place is whimsical, rustic, and delicious. I loved the look of the parchment paper hugging the cupcakes than seeing the normal cupcake wrappers. These cupcakes are big not "Crumbs" size big, but they are big.

I love the look of the place; as mentioned before. I loved the display just as much. The glass domes over each sample cupcake was beautiful and I LOVED the personally done art work of the name plates. So, clever and creative. I wanted to buy some of the name plates and collect them as cards. Just so cute!

The two cupcakes selected on this trip was the Elvis Impersonator "porked" and the Gluten Free Chocolate Strawberry.

Friendly greeter and server at Baked & Wired

The Elvis Impersonator is normally unporked but for the weekend you have the optioned to have them cover the cupcake with candied bacon. The cupcake is a banana cake topped with peanut butter frosting and drizzled with chocolate. I think "the King" would be all shooked up about it. Even the bacon part. My friend picked out this one and she loves this one and the chocolate one called the Chocolate Cupcake of Doom. I would be all over that one if only it was Gluten Free : )

The one I picked out was the only Gluten Free one they had, the Chocolate Strawberry. It's a chocolate cake that was suppose to have fresh strawberries in it, but didn't, and was frosted with a buttercream.  I didn't taste ANY strawberries in the whole cupcake and these cupcakes are large. All I could taste was chocolate. I even looked for them and no strawberries. I'm sure they are good with strawberries. The frosting in the picture looks a little neon green and it is. No camera tricks here. I kinda like that idea. It glowed but didn't glow. Know what I mean. LOL.

GF Chocolate Strawberry & Elvis Impersonator Porked 

The buttercream on both of the cupcakes taste like something your grandmother would whip up. Buttery and thicker than the lighter frosting some other shops have. I wouldn't mind at bowl of it.

The cake part on both is more bread like than cupcake like. What I mean is, their cupcake cake is heavier and not light and airy as cupcakes are normally.  I like the airer and fluffy kind of cake myself. Also, I could taste that they were kinda dry and had been in a cold refrigerator. Not  what we like to have when eating a cupcake. But, this is what makes trying out these cupcake shops so much fun.

Had to post this one. Loved the signage

Please try out Baked &Wired and let us know what you think. That's why this blog is here. To get the word out on good cupcake places and have a little more time to sit back and enjoy ourselves with a cupcake in hand.

Gluten Free: Available
Sugar Free: Not sure
Vegan: Not Available

Cupcake Atmosphere: 4 out of 5 (modern with a community vibe)
Flavor Selection: 4 out of 5 (If you think it, by sure it will be there)
Customer Service: 5 out of 5 (friendly servers and I love seeing that it looks like a fun place to work at)

Overall Quality: 3 out of 5 (cupcakes a little dry)