Baking is like launching a rocket—the mixtures must be just right or the oven will explode. Deliver delicious payloads with today’s Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of cookies, cakes, pastries, and more from Sweet Simplicity Baked Goods and Gift Baskets in Rochester Hills.

Owned and operated by Sharon Bienkowski and family, Sweet Simplicity’s recipe rolodex stretches back through three generations of bakers specializing in old-fashioned, made-from-scratch treats. Sweet Simplicity’s ovens turn out a steady stream of cookies (3 for $2), jumbo cupcakes in gourmet guises ($3, $30/doz.), and warm apple pies, all with fresh fruit, fine flour, and real butter folded into their batters and crammed into their crusts ($10.99). Secure the dessert course and impress dinner guests' tongues with one of Sweet Simplicity’s handcrafted cakes, such as a 9” Neapolitan cheesecake with an Oreo cookie crust ($29.99) or an eight-inch triple raspberry tort—moist dark-chocolate cake obfuscating a center of raspberry mousse, enfolded with rich chocolate ganache, and topped with Belgian chocolate shavings, fresh raspberries, and several pending liability claims for flavor-induced overdoses ($32.99).

Sweet Simplicity can create desserts on request for special occasions, and can deliver items in flashy, glitzy, and gorgeously appointed custom gift baskets or a sturdy, reliable, and down-to-earth box.