DC is a latecomer to the cupcake war. It’s been raging in New York since Carrie Bradshaw introduced the world to cosmos and Magnolia Bakery. Blessedly, we’ve moved on from the pink drinks but the cupcakes remain.
Here, the cupcake war reached a frenzy in October and November 2008, when the Washington Post sampled cupcakes from Arlington to Georgetown to Shaw, in its effort to crown the King of Cupcakes.
All of which makes Yellow House very late to the game. But, our latest entrant refuses to fight fair. Word-of-mouth advertising. An intriguingly barren website. No storefront.
Enter the cupcake speakeasy.
Finding themselves victims of the economy, roommates Thuan, Ilana and Eric created Yellow House cupcakes to make ends meet. Their friends — and, increasingly, strangers — are finding themselves the beneficiaries of the roommates’ bad fortune. The three serve up cupcakes for $2 a piece at their monthly happy hour and continue to take orders all month long for a mere $20 per dozen. Among their monthly offerings is a vegan selection.
Although Yellow House has no intention of establishing a permanent location, this month’s cupcake happy hour was held in the roommates’ home: a delightful space that showcases the group’s creative personality and has clearly hosted some rockin’ theme parties. This month’s vegan offering is a chocolate cupcake filled with — wait for it — Thuan’s amazing, homemade raspberry jam, and sprinkled with a powdered sugar heart. (We immediately began pressuring her for a jam making class.)
Yellow House’s goodies surpass many of the city’s retail cupcake shops, and the fun of the hunt certainly adds to the experience. It seems that there’s a viable new contender in DC’s cupcake war. They’re bringin’ us cupcakes, guerilla style.
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Thanks for the great write-up, Amber! I will definitely keep you posted about jam making classes.
I have cupcakes on the brain again today after checking out The Professional Vegan’s guest post on Tales of Expansion: http://talesofexpansion.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/guest-post-the-professional-vegan-bakes-again/
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