Coachella Cupcake

There wasn't a single a cupcake vendor out of the 100+ food vendors at Coachella this year. 

 There wasn't even a vendor selling cupcakes. So imagine how sweet of a surprise it was walking into the office one scorching hot afternoon and finding a box full of delectable cupcakes! I'm not sure where the assorted box of Georgetown Cupcakes came from but I sure was happy that it was there. The selection was super cute and colorful and it didn't take me long to pick one. 

box of Georgetown Cupcakes
photo by: Nikki DeMartini

Georgetown Cupcakes box
photo by: Nikki DeMartini

I went with the one that looked like it was hybrid of mint chip and cookies and cream; the one with the green frosting topped with chunks of Oreos. Both the frosting and the cake had chucks of Oreo mixed in: the cake being vanilla and the frosting a cool mint.  Upon further investigation off-site I found out this is indeed the Mint Cookies and Cream flavor.


Georgetown Cupcakes only offers this Madagascar Vanilla Cupcake baked with Oreo crumbles topped with a mint Oreo crumble-infused buttercream frosting on Thursdays, according to their website.  Luckily they made an exception for Coachella weekend two.

Georgetown's Mint Cookies & Cream cupcake
photo by Nikki DeMartini

The buttercream frosting was surprisingly light all around. Usually thick and heavy, this buttercream was whipped without losing any of the classic creaminess. The mint flavor was light and cooling and it danced on your tongue as it melted away.  The vanilla cookies and cream cake was a wise choice because a chocolate cake counterpart would have been too much. Out in the desert sun, being as cool as possible is key. This cupcake flavor was a refreshing treat in Indio's afternoon heat.
Georgetown's Mint Cookies & Cream is the perfect Coachella Cupcake!