Cupcakes are HOT and their popularity is still rising. So on Friday, July 16 at 10:00 pm ET, cable network TLC premiered DC Cupcakes, a reality series that follows sisters Katherine Kallinis and Sophie LaMontagne as they run Georgetown Cupcake - a small cupcake shop that they have transformed into a huge success. Launched just two years ago, Georgetown Cupcake was an instant hit. Lines quickly formed around the block and within a few months the sisters were making 5,000 cupcakes per day in their Blodgett convection ovens. Georgetown Cupcake now has two locations with multiple Blodgett ovens and ships their cupcakes across the United States. The business has been featured in publications such as The Washington Post, Redbook, Real Simple and In Style.

Each episode of DC Cupcakes will go beyond the frosting to uncover the secret of Sophie and Katherine’s success and follow the challenges they face as the business rapidly expands and is poised to explode on the national scene. "The idea is to show the dynamics of running a fast-paced bakery," said LaMontagne. "People see us in the shops, but they don't see all the things we do, all the things it takes to run a business."

Source: TLC website