Poetry would be entirely composed of haikus and sonnets dedicated to cakes and pastries if poets didn't devour their idyllic subjects before having a chance to write. Today's Groupon to Sliced Decadence says what metre and rhythm cannot. Choose between two options: For $20, you get an eight-inch gourmet cake (a $40 value). For $6, you get one dozen mini gourmet cupcakes (a $12 value).

Sliced Decadence's confectionary team bakes luscious cakes and mouthwatering morsels from entirely natural, high-quality ingredients including real butter, seasonal fresh fruits, natural vanilla bean, and chocolate from Chocolaterie Bernard Callebaut. Whether clients wish to commemorate a birthday, anniversary, or removal of a muzzle, the three-layer cakes can come adorned with a special custom message and smothered in the most logical choice of either buttercream or cream cheese frosting.

The mini cupcakes, meanwhile, balance moist cake and sweet frosting in a bite-sized bundle. Cake flavours range from the conventional to the imaginative, with inventions such as pistachio white chocolate bonding its white cake with crushed pistachios and chunks of white chocolate. Tart citrus and fruity sweetness play nice together in the Luscious Lemon Berry, drizzled with a vanilla bean butter cream frosting, while the decadent tiramisu furnishes its white cake with a downpour of Kahlúa, coffee, and a rich mocha cream cheese. Most of Sliced Decadence's selections, unlike most cable channels, can be prepared organic, gluten-free, or dairy-free. Confections can be purchased either by calling or emailing and can be picked up after ordering at the Saskatoon Farmers' Market on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.