If you’re looking to wet your whistle late at night in
Germantown and Schnitzelburg, there are a plethora of options, but if your sweet
tooth beckons, there aren’t too many places to quell the craving. That is,
until JB Cakes opened up shop in 2015 at 1101 Goss Avenue.

“JB Cakes is a place you can stop by
for a bite in the morning, order cupcakes for a party or dinner, even order a
cake for a birthday,” says owner Jared Langdon. “At the same time, we are a
great option for dessert, somewhere to satisfy your sweet tooth between dinner
and drinks. We do see quite a bit of business later in the evening, which is
great!”
Their long hours aren’t the only thing that makes them
unique. When you enter the small shop, you’ll notice all the cupcakes are
naked, absent of icing. This isn’t due to a new food movement or lazy bakers,
instead, customers are invited to craft their own cupcake creation. You simply
pick out one of the cupcake flavors in the cabinet and choose from about 10 icing
options. You can even add toppings to make a truly decadent treat. Full-size
cupcakes cost about $2 and minis run about 80 cents each.
The fun flavor options are virtually endless: ginger spice
with caramel cream cheese frosting and graham cracker crumbles, strawberry cake
and banana cream cheese, chocolate and coffee butter cream with chocolate
drizzle, red velvet with white chocolate cream cheese and crushed peppermint
sprinkles. If you prefer the comfort of a classic yellow cake with chocolate
frosting, they have that too. (Click here for a list of their flavors.)
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Various cupcakes on display. |
JB Cakes bakes about 600 to 800 cupcakes every week. Along
with cupcakes, they also bake cookies and special order cakes. You can also
find JB Cakes for sale at the nearby Lydia House.
Since settling down in Germantown, JB Cakes has loved the
neighborhood and having the opportunity to grow along with it (three of the
four owners live in Germantown). “So
much is happening on Goss, we are very excited to see what the street will look
like in the next few years,” said Langdon. They are excited for more commerce
to come to the area, but they hope the neighborhood’s charm remains intact as
more development moves in.
JB Cakes occupies a building that has a long, interesting history on Goss Avenue – a history that sheds some
light on how our streets today were formed.

We look forward to JB Cakes
spreading their roots and becoming a part of our history! We hope they’ll be
open long enough to try every flavor combination and that will probably take a
very long time!
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