Kate Gosselin is ready to date again — and she’s not being shy about it.

“Obviously, this time, I’m looking for somebody older, wiser, patient, strong,” Kate said when she appeared on Access Hollywood Live on Friday.

How desperate is she?

Gosselin (kids in tow) showed up at Georgetown Cupcake to do a little baking for a segment on her show “Kate Plus 8.”

Things quickly took a strange turn: Gosselin hatched a plan to snare a date with a complete stranger she spied walking down a Georgetown street by offering him a cupcake from the famous D.C. bakery.

The guy, who was never identified, didn’t know who Kate was.