I found this mobile cupcakery from searching "cupcake" on facebook one day. We happened to be in DC checking out CakeLove and thought how cool would it be to track down this cupcake truck! So, I checked out their latest status on facebook. Their status said they were at Union Station on 1st. We drove in circles for over 35 minutes trying to find the pink Curbside Cupcake truck and just when we were about to give up, we saw a flash of pink driving down a road. Guess what? They were heading our way! We pulled over for them to pass and then we followed them all the way to their next stop which was the Navy Yard.
I was so excited that we found Curbside Cupcake that as soon as they stopped I jumped out of my car and ran to the truck order window and waited for them to open it (I don't know why I thought they would be just as excited to see me as I was to see them). When the window finally dropped down and opened I was greeted by sourpuss 1. He didn't even say hello! He just looked at me like are you going to order or what? I was a little taken back but I eventually spoke up and asked for a carrot cake, a pumpkin walnut (the facebook posts said they were the best) and at the last minute I ordered a red velvet cupcake. Sourpuss 1 took my $9.00 cash (there is a minimum of a $15.00 charge for credit cards) and said I needed to go to the next window to pick up the cupcakes. The next window was closed so I waited for the window panel to lower down and open up. Guess who I saw behind that window? Sourpuss 2! Again, no hello, no smile, nothing. He pulled out a paper bag and put my "gourmet" cupcakes in the brown paper bag. I felt like I was paying for overpriced donuts by the way they were packaged. I have visited many cupcake shops and none of them packaged their cupcakes in a brown paper bag, even at the grocery stores, they do not package cupcakes in a plain old paper bag. However, the gentleman behind me in line ordered a half dozen cupcakes and they were packaged in a clear plastic container. I guess I just didn't spend enough money.
Now, for the cupcake taste....one word...WOW. We started with the carrot cupcake. The cupcake frosting was all messed up from the paper, but this cupcake's taste and frosting flavor was perfect. The cupcake was moist and the frosting was a great tasting cream cheese frosting. Next, was the pumpkin walnut. Again, the cupcake was perfect. Moist, very flavorful but the frosting on this cupcake was less desirable. The frosting on this cupcake was a sugary buttercream. We took the sugary mess off the cupcake and enjoyed this perfect cupcake without any frosting. It was "yum!" This cupcake would have been dreamy if the same frosting was used on it as the carrot cupcake. Last, but certainly not least was the red velvet topped with the same sugary mess as the pumpkin walnut. The taste and density of this red velvet cupcake is one of my favorites. The chocolate flavor really comes out when you savor the flavor of this cupcake. I have to say the Curbside red velvet cupcake (cupcake only) is one of my top 3 best tasting cupcakes. Their choice of frosting on this cupcake has got to go or tone it down. The frosting should accent a cupcake not weigh it down.
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