Some want to have their cake and eat it too, whereas others just want somewhere other than an already cramped dollhouse or mailbox painted like a starter bungalow to store wedding figurines. Explore cake's many functions with today's Groupon: for $16, you get one 9-inch cake (a $33.50 value) or 18 cupcakes (a $33.30 value) at Pastel! Cakes and More.

Pastel! Cakes and More's familial confectioners fill pans with fluffy potpourris of unbleached flour, whole fresh eggs, and Barry Callebaut chocolate chips. A selection of more than a dozen flavors includes a cream-cheese-packed red-velvet dessert edifice and a tasty carrot cake, proffering some of the earth’s most enjoyable colors—red, orange, and delicious. European sweet butter and pure vanilla populate the ingredient roster of other select desserts, such as a brandy-moistened vanilla pound cake and a zippy mocha cake infused with coffee syrup. Coconut-whipped cream and pineapple chunks stock the pineapple-coconut cake, and Mexican-caramel whipped cream and pecan pieces canoodle inside the chocolate cajeta cake. Patrons can also placate revved up maws by selecting 18 cupcakes, in standby editions such as chocolate and vanilla, as well as more whimsical variations such as pineapple. The team bakes each cake without preservatives to ensure that it is fresh and that each bite melts under the palate like a patch of snow dissolving under the heat of a jet engine.