Advances in miniaturization technology led to a brief but intense dessert-shrinking frenzy that gave us the cupcake, the baked Rhode Island, and the gingerbread amoeba. Celebrate the world's most successful shrunken treat with today's Groupon: for $9, you get six freshly baked cupcakes at Frosted Cupcakery (a $17.70 value). This Groupon is good at either the Long Beach or Hollywood locations.

The bakers at Frosted Cupcakery employ old-fashioned elbow grease and quality ingredients to condense gigantic gourmet-cake flavor into tiny bite-sized confections. With 14 daily flavors, a handful of seasonally rotating specialties, and a constantly replenished fresh-baked stock throughout the day, Frosted Cupcakery features ample treat opportunities. Royal white cupcakes are crowned with a choice of chocolate, vanilla, nutella, or coconut vanilla buttercream, and red velvet cakes are shrouded in rich cream-cheese frosting. Seasonal flavors such as pumpkin, orange, strawberry, and October flavor-of-the-month orange chocolate chip, topped with orange chocolate buttercream, are only available until the weather cools, forcing cupcake trees to hibernate for the winter.

Reviews

Frosted Cupcakery was mentioned in LAist, Eater LA, and Examiner. It was voted Best Cupcakes by CityVoters in 2009 and 2007. Yelpers give the Hollywood and Long Beach locations a four-star average:

• After a taste test yesterday and comments from readers, it's safe to say that Long Beach's Frosted Cupcakery location in Hollywood will be a local staple – Zach Behrens, LAist
• Frosted Cupcakery is serving up the best handcrafted cupcakes in Los Angeles! – Denise Vasquez, Examiner