Sweet Themez

I recently purchased a dozen of cupcakes off of a Living Social special! Im a cupcake fanatic and have tasted several differents kinds/​purchased from various businesses. I’m giving this business 2 stars for the wonderful customer service I received! I had a assorted variety of cupcakes, that looked very nice. However, they were dry and just not good at all! Different people @ my BDay gathering tried them and agreed they were not good at all. even my 10 year old! The next day what was left was hard as bricks. Im not sure if they have a new baker based on some of the older reviews I’ve read it seems customers were abit pleased, but not I. Changes should be made to ensure the satisfaction of good cupcakes.

Here’s my experience in May. Bought a 8″ Cake — $ 55 list (paid $ 29.25 via AmazonLocal) — Lemon/​Lemon flavor — cake was moist and have a quality texture of butter, flour, sugar, etc. — flavor was not a strong lemon, but all 3 in the family enjoyed it. Frosting was not heavy, so there was considerable cake in the cake. The decorating «art» was a bit mediocre, lacking the precision of even the grocery stores, but as I was in transit for 2 hours on a warm day, so it probably deformed a bit.
Being a local business in Adams-​Morgan, I think you should try it and find out for yourself. They are not near a metro station (closest are Woodley Park & Columbia Heights), and although 18^th NW seems very busy, they won’t get the tourist crowd. My sense is that baking isn’t done on premises because it doesn’t have the strong butter aroma, so if they miss something they can’t do a lot about it as the store seems just a selling front.
I used the coupon mainly to try another bakery as I live in McLean — my basis of comparison is GT Cupcake, Heidelberg Bakery in Arlington, Costco, a couple of local places and the grocery store chains. GT Cupcake has a halo effect from their TV show and lots of tourists who are not critical; local shops get the customers who seem more vocal. Costco is famous for using a lot of frosting (their mousse cakes boast 2.5 lbs of mousse) at cheap prices.
I left a message at 10:30am and called again at 2:30 as no return call yet. Their website order form hasn’t been built yet. However, try the bakery, and decide for yourself — don’t let the negative comments discourage you and appreciate that it’s a small business.

This place has the best variety of vegan cupcakes of any non-​vegan bakery inside DC. The hours make it hard to get here if you don’t shimmy over right after work during the week, but thankfully during the latter part of the week and weekends, they’re open later.
I first went here from suggestions from others, and I am glad that I did. I would not have gone otherwise to this location tucked in a basement location in the southern portion of Adams Morgan 18^th St. However, boy, am I glad that I did!
I have purchased cupcakes here by the pair, half and full dozen (or more). Those who try the cupcakes know they are delicious — and I am only talking about the vegan ones. You don’t have to be vegan to like their vegan cupcakes. In fact, you can’t even tell that they’re vegan — if you could, I guarantee you all the folks I brought them to would’ve asked: hey, what’s up with these weird tasting cupcakes?
The vegan menu is usually a red velvet, chocolate/​vanilla, lemon coconut, strawberry and a few others. I have had a mocha, mint chocolate, and cookies and cream variations. Some days are better than others, so be aware that sometimes they may be dry based on the baking that day or maybe they’ve been sitting around a couple days? This can cause the cupcake to be a bit more crumbly than usual. Still, I eat ‘em! Other days, they are super moist with fluffy frosting. The frosting has at times been tinged with a bit too much vanilla extract, but, overall, I have been pleased with their creations.
If you need a lot of vegan cupcakes, order in advance!
Also, because it’s so small, they don’t have a showcase for their cupcakes. It’s a walk-​in store where you see the cupcakes listed on a board, and you order and have them brought to you in a box.
It’s worth it, though! Yum!

Cake pops were moist ad richly delicious. Big hit with my customers and would definitely buy again.

Made fresh to order when I walked in, delicious, moist, and sooooo many different variations to choose from! I’ll be back!

This place is such a delightful change from the overly sweet, unnecessarily crowded and overly frosted CC chains like Gtown cupcake. My husband and I used ST to cater the dessert at our wedding in October and people are still raving about them! It’s crazy how good the vegan cupcakes are! We’re not vegan, but we often choose them over the conventional cupcakes because they’re so good. Also, the place is a «mom & pop» place, locally owned so you’re supporting a locally owned business. And they have really cool flavors like sweet potato, zucchini and cinnamon. Yum! Oh and cake pops galore. Run don’t walk!

So, any vegan in town can unhappily elaborate on the meager number of places where one can find a really fantastic dessert. So, you can probably imagine how delighted my dairy allergy ridden constitution was to stumble across Sweet Themez in Adams Morgan. This place has the best vegan cupcakes in the city (no offense Sticky Fingers, your cinnamon buns are still life-​changing)! The cupcakes are always super fresh, moist, soft, light and hit a perfect pitch of just-​right-​sweetness.
And the icing! Oh, their delightful, delightful animal by-​product free icing. After popping into their charming little shop, I often find myself humming like a small happy child as I two-​handedly devour whatever cupcake I was most tempted by on their rotating menu. Note: Their «Wintermint» cupcake is so good you’ll be mad when you see a non-​vegan eating one.
Finally, to put the proverbial icing on the cake, their customer service is phenomenal! Maurice and his staff are always so friendly and engaging; they did a phenomenal job on a large batch of cupcakes for my birthday! Good looking out, guys!

I’ve always been a bit of a cupcake Grinch and I can’t quite figure out why. Maybe because I think that they’re basically like the Chihuahua dog of the cake world. And neither of them makes any sense to me.
Anyway, on a somewhat rainy Friday night when I was trying to scramble together a very last minute surprise birthday shindig for a fellow yoga practitioner, Sweet Themez came to the rescue. And to me that goes a long way.
You see, some Yogis are infamous for their healthy eating ways and Sweet Themez has wonderful vegan cupcakes which were a crowd pleaser and upped my cool quotient. I can only imagine how delicious the ones WITH all the cream are! The sweet potato cupcake was my personal favorite, and sure it’s not the real deal — but for what it’s worth, the red velvet vegan cupcake was a big hit as well. It’s incredibly rich and quite frankly, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference from the regular version.
No, this does not mean that I actually LIKE cupcakes now. But the fact that Sweet Themez has cupcakes that are appropriately sized and not the size of your cranium, open late on Friday nights, well-​priced and most importantly are actually delicious has sort of won me over. Maybe I will… actually I take that back — I know I will — be visiting the next time I have a late night hankering for something sweet. Turns out it’s my new thing.
PS — They don’t accept cards if your total is less than $ 10.

We came back and Maurice remembered us, two years later. Amazing lemon ccoconut cake pops! This us our go to place for awesome baked treats.

Finally! Sweet Themez! I went for the first time today, with my mini divas {Shaniya, Dee, Cyriah,&Kaniyah} and it was a wonderful cozy spot! I can’t wait to go back and try the other flavors!
I met the owner, and he was super cool, just like his sister said he would be! For many years, i had known his sister Sonya, when i used to work for Starbucks, downtown. It was always a pleasure to see Sonya and co-​workers, because i would be so stressed! But they were always so nice, and encouraging! So she had mention to me about 2 years ago, that her brother had opened ”Sweet Themez”, and how it was going to be a success! I absolutely knew it would be, off the strengths of me, due to my love of sweets! LOL so today was my day to check it out and i was so impress! So were my little ladies, with their crumby faces!
I purchased the ”Vanila, Vanilla” cupcake and It was so good! Man! I wanted another, but i would be pushing my limit, so it did me just fine! So whenever your in Adams Morgan, stop by and get a delicious cupcake! It was Grrrrrrrreat!

These cupcakes are alright. Nothing to brag to friends about. The price is the same as Georgetown Cupcakes, but a little smaller and less frosting. I got the vanilla birthday cake and the frosting seems a little too sweet– sweeter than GTC. How is that possible, right?
For some reason, it took a couple of minutes to get the cupcakes.

Only I would find the cupcake spot that doesn’t close until after midnight. Therefore I must try.
Between myself and a friend we got the Sundays best… YUMMY, Carrot… pretty good, Red Velvet… I think she ate the paper b/​c it was so good, and Strawberry… ehhhh.
Each cupcake was under $ 3.so that’s pretty reasonable.
A pretty good spot if you got a late night case of the sweet tooth.

Have you ever taken one bite of a cupcake and felt a whirlwind of emotion? Yea, well I did. All in one bite I felt astonishment, happiness and guilt.
Just one bite and I was literally envisioning myself on the treadmill as I went in for the second bite. It was so wrong, it was right.
The Tres Leches Cupcake was so rich, it felt like a true indulgence. The cake itself was soaked in milky sweetness, topped with whipped dulce de leche icing. The icing is thick, but not in a typical, chalky, pile to the sky way. It’s wet, decadent and taste like homemade caramel.
The shop itself is simple but cute! No frills, but still very warm and inviting. Luckily, it’s not very convenient for me to get to or else we might have a problem. (And by «we,» I mean «me.»)

Pretty good cupcakes. As some have mentioned I like the modest frosting portion. It’s not skimpy by any means, but not the cup of frosting garnished with some cake you’ll find all over town.
Very consistent too. I liked each kind I’ve tried, so not a mixed bag. Lemon, Coconut, Mint, Chocolate on chocolate. All good. Strangely enough, the vegan vanilla on chocolate was possibly the best of them all.

I really wanted to like this place, I’m always in the mood for a quality cupcake especially one in my own neighborhood.
The place is definitely small and down in the dungeon but they have a good sized sign out from so finding the place isn’t incredibly difficult.
Service was good, the guy appeared to be the only one working on a lazy Sunday and was cheerful and pleasant.
I ordered two cupcakes, the happy birthday vanilla and a strawberry based cupcake. I can only speak on the quality of the vanilla as I didn’t even bother with the strawberry.
The cupcake was just too dense and dry in my opinion. I had to drink with it just to choke it down. I am not sure why it was so thick but it was definitely hard to swallow. I feel bad about the cupcake being so hard to swallow because the icing was actually pretty tasty.
I gave the strawberry to a friend and she enjoyed it but unfortunately I can’t speak on that one.
I wouldn’t say I’ll never return but my first visit didn’t do much to bring me running back.

Three cheers for a cupcake shop that sells cupcakes and not piles of frosting! My friend and I managed to walk past this little basement shop twice before figuring out that we needed to keep our eyes a little lower; once inside the tiny space, we were greeted warmly by the lady at the counter. She was eager to tell us all about the business and quick to answer all our questions, giving me a detailed answer on which cupcakes I should avoid thanks to my weird food allergies (walnuts and pineapple — go figure!).
We left with a seasonal sweet potato cupcake topped with marshmallows, which my friend devoured and declared moist and delicious; I went for my favourite, lemon, which was also moist and not overly sweet. I appreciated the tart counterpoint to the frosting, which was soft and fluffy and not at all hard or gritty — and there was a normal amount of it instead of enough to frost an entire layer cake! Friendly service and moist cake makes Sweet Themez a sweet stop for the cupcake fan!

I think this place is a hidden gem in Adams Morgan. I found out about them via Groupon in 2011. I bought 2 deals for Baker’s dozens and used them for my colleagues retirement party. Bakers dozen came with assorted flavors that were great! I loved the lemon. I also purchased a few cake pops, I had one that was baked to perfections and the other seemed under baked. I appreciated the welcoming service and the fast preparation of the order. I recently went back after dinner with a date and the cupcakes were great and to add, he remembered me from my last visit. I plan to use them again soon!
I do want to offer feedback to Sweet Themez about their review responses, don’t be so defensive in your response to people. Offer the solution and keep your integrity, I think your service and quality product will speak for itself.

I’ve been to a handful of local cupcake shops, and this one takes the cake. Yes, that was a crummy pun (again), but seriously, the cupcakes here prompted me to write my first positive review on Unilocal.
The shop itself does not inspire confidence: it’s a small English basement (which Adams Morgan and other trendy areas of D.C. are so famous for) converted into a bakery, most of which is hidden from view. The counter is spartan and there is very limited seating, mostly for customers waiting for their order to be finished.
Like the most famous cupcakery in town (Georgetown Cupcake), there is a menu of regular flavors and a rotating list of daily specials. Among my choices on the Tuesday afternoon I randomly stopped in: Toasted Almond, Mint Chocolate, Chocolate Swirl, Raspberry Chocolate, some sort of Chocolate Caramel, and Sundae (Something). They sell for $ 2.75 each, $ 15 for six, and $ 28 for a dozen, if memory serves me right. They’re worth every penny.
Looking past the beautiful presentation (stunning, each and every one), the flavor and texture is absolute perfection. Miniature cakes, these are what cupcakes should be. I’ve had «cupcakes» that resemble oversized frosted muffins, but these taste like they’re made my a skilled baker who knows what he or she is doing.
They also feature the latest cake trend: cake pops. I didn’t try them, but they look to be tasty and bite sized. You’ll also see this store specializes in custom (and elaborately decorated) cakes. If I ever need something so fancy, I’ll definitely consult Sweet Themez. For the time being, if I ever need another cupcake fix, I’ll definitely come back to Sweet Themez for more.

Yon can easily miss this cupcake shop if you’re not looking out for it since it’s in the basement level. By the time I got there, it was after 7:00pm so they were out of several flavors. Good thing they still had red velvets left because that’s the standard flavor I use to judge cupcake shops.
The frosting was very light and fluffy. The cake was very moist and soft. No complaints here. I’m going back for more!

This place just opened up, so it might be a minute before they get up to speed.
That being said, they had some decent cupcakes. At $ 2.50/each, they’re a little more reasonable than Georgetown Cupcakes or Sprinkles, but I suppose you get what you pay for. The cakes themselves were pretty dense, though moist, and the frosting was light, airy, and not too sweet.
The ladies at Sweet Themez prepared our cupcakes while we waited, which meant, in our case, about 8 minutes. But they did throw us an extra cupcake for our patience.
Right now, the shop is pretty barebones. There’s a rather rickety display case that holds the register, and the menu board is a digital display on the wall facing away from the door. In front of the window is a high table with one of their custom cakes on display, and there’s a digital photo frame with a slideshow of specialty catered cakes in odd shapes, from pumpkins to Playstation controllers.