Election Day is upon us! In the final days before voters head to the polls, local bakeries are showing their enthusiasm with Election-themed cupcakes. Hello Cupcake is selling the adorable Donkey & Elephant cupcakes you see below. How cute! They are $3.50 each or $39/dozen.

Did you know one in four women will be a victim of domestic violence in their lifetime? In DC alone, 31,232 calls were placed to 9-1-1 in 2009 related to domestic violence.

Help Hello Cupcake stand up to domestic violence! 100% of the sales of purple ribbon cupcakes today and tomorrow will go to support the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV). Purchase early and often to support women and children who need our help.

Did you know one in four women will be a victim of domestic violence in their lifetime? In DC alone, 31,232 calls were placed to 9-1-1 in 2009 related to domestic violence. I think that is so outrageous. The Capitol Fashionista stands with Hello Cupcake to support an end to domestic violence.

Local businesses all over the country are undoubtedly trying to capitalize on the fem-friendly allure of “Sex and the City.” One example here in the Washington area is D.C.’s Hello Cupcake, which is selling specially designed Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha cupcakes. I can’t really object to this on the grounds that I love cupcakes, regardless of the inspiration behind them. I’d even eat a “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” cupcake if someone made one. (Cupcake morphs into … even BIGGER cupcake!)

A cupcake giveaway can be summed up in one word: sweet.

D.C.’s Hello Cupcake will be giving away free cupcakes Tuesday in celebration of the bakery opening its doors two years ago.

Cupcakes will be given away until supplies run out. Doors open at 10 a.m

Somehow it seems wrong to celebrate an anniversary and give your guests a gift. But from the moment doors open at 10 a.m. today, Hello Cupcake will pass out its namesake treats for free as part of its second anniversary celebration.

I suspect people will be lining up outside the door on Dupont Circle well before opening time, which raises an interesting question: If people are willing to sweat it out to buy a $3 cupcake and stand around for an hour or so to purchase a $15 lobster roll, then how long will they wait for a free treat?

It’s a moment of pure panic to stand in front of the cupcake case, eyes darting between expert swirls of chocolate ganache and bubbly towers of buttercream. How, you think, is the salesperson standing there smiling and poised, and soooo calm while awaiting the ends of such a critical moment of decision: which cupcake? Which of these sparkling, flowered, fluffed, and dusted cupcakes is the one for me? The little cakes look up at you with sugary, earnest faces… am I a peanut butter girl, a caramel girl?  It’s like trying to choose the cutest puppy in a litter.

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Hello Cupcake celebrates sweet success with the opening of its second location in Capitol Hill.

Three years ago, Penny Karas was on a simple quest to stop running her cupcake catering business out of her house. Today, she’s getting ready to open a second store in D.C. and propel her cupcake brand to a national standing.

Read more: Penny Karas’ Hello Cupcake says hello to Barracks Row – Washington Business Journal

Hello Cupcake hosted the “Design Your DC” cupcake competition! Which was your favorite?  Click here to find out more and see pictures of all the great designs!