Cupcakes are a preferable alternative to birthday cakes, whose constant accompaniment by off-key singing has depleted the planet’s finite supply of forced smiles. Garner genuine grins with today's Groupon: for $10, you get one dozen cupcakes at The Cupcake Shoppe in Greensburg (a $21 value).
The pastry chefs at The Cupcake Shoppe handcraft cupcakes from scratch daily using natural ingredients and sculpt gourmet frosting caps and gum-paste flower decorations. Moist, handheld delicacies dress up in classic flavor tuxedos of vanilla, chocolate, and red velvet, and chocolate-espresso cupcakes energize people like motivational speeches by a light socket. Salted caramel cupcakes serve the flavor without trying to steal your fillings, while smiles and puckers tango on lips as guests devour lemon meringue cakes, a brew of fresh lemon juice and zest folded into cupcakes that ensconce puffs of tasty meringue. In the glow of a crystalline chandelier and the imagined glow of a trompe l'oeil fireplace, pictures of long-gone baked masterpieces insult the lip gloss of gussied up cupcakes huddled on covered, snow-white cake stands.
Orders must be placed 24 hours in advance of pickup.
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Coins and Change
As the paper money in circulation becomes increasingly tattered, rain damaged, and sticky, more and more people are returning to the cold hard coins of our ancestors. What do you need to know about collecting spare change?
• Four quarters equals one dollar of real money, whereas 8 pounds of pennies equal a mound of garbage.
• Coins tossed into fountains at the mall quickly transform into wishes, as long as your wish was for increased proximity to novelty black-light dice and frosted pretzels.
• Some train conductors dispense coins via a bank worn on their belt clip. A note to moms: these are predicted to become incredibly popular around this year's holiday season, after being seen on the hip of 'tween pop idol Penelope Vex, star of Nickelodeon's smash hit Help, My BFF Is a Viral Video!
• The fastest and easiest way to collect change is to make it a part of your daily habit. For instance, institute a swear jar in your kitchen and then choose to lead a life of constant struggle.
• Never eat change! If you find yourself with too much, simply deposit it in the nearest Coinstar machine, a helpful dispenser that shoots unwanted change into earth's sun.
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