Creating a dessert from scratch is both challenging and delicious, much like playing "Stairway to Heaven" on a clarinet made out of a candy cane. Master meal melding with today's Groupon from Charm City Cupcakes. Choose between the following options:

• For $45, you get one admission to the Ravens Cupcake Decorating Kick-Off on November 23 (formerly September 10) at the Baltimore Hyatt (a $90 value). Choose one of the following times:

  • 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
  • 1 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
  • 3:30 p.m.–5 p.m.
    
    

• For $20, you get one dozen of the official Ravens cupcakes (a $40 value).

In preparation for the Ravens’ season opener against the Steelers, the Baltimore City Paper-lauded Charm City Cupcakes hosts three workshops to educate pastry enthusiasts in the art of creating its official Baltimore Ravens cupcakes. Armed with a canvas of six plain cupcakes and a decorating kit, participants carefully adorn their treats in tempting toppings. A plethora of purple, white, yellow, and black sprinkles are on-hand as well as ornamentation options including mini rings, footballs, and confiscated snippets from the opposing teams’ playbook. Attendees possessing the willpower to not devour their delicious creations upon completion may bring them home to share with friends and fellow fans.

Those seeking to celebrate hometown pride in a prepackaged edible souvenir may pick up a dozen official Ravens cupcakes. Moist morsels of vanilla or chocolate cake bear the purple Ravens crest, and sprinkles of yellow and purple speckle a textured swirl of cream. Ravens cupcakes provide sweetened supplementation to any football-related gathering, or quiet evenings of fantasy roster management.