The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, but to make it that far you have to be disguised as baked goods. With today's Groupon, you get $25 worth of cakes, pies, and pastries for $12 at The Bakery at Chester Springs in the Shoppes at Ludwig's Village in Glenmoore.

Pastry chefstrodinaire Michael Graham, who studied at The Culinary Institute of America, fills the bakery’s burly display case with sweet-laden and fruit-strewn delights. Tear into the sugar-crusted labyrinths of pastries such as linzer tarts ($2.50), chocolate-mocha boats ($2.75), and hamantaschen ($1.95). If you need a pie ($13.95–$19.95) to throw in the face of a tardy cable repairman, choose from black cherry, southern pecan, coconut custard, strawberry rhubarb, and eight others. Savory popovers ($2.75), scones ($1.95), and croissants ($1.95–$3.95) complete the bakery’s motley cornucopia. Cakes are available in 8- or 10-inch raspberry buttercream ($26.95/$32.95), decadent mocha nutella ($29.95/$34.95), and triple-tiered vanilla or chocolate ($24.95/$29.95).

More than 25 years of concocting confections has established The Bakery at Chester Springs as a bakery not to be out-baked. Chef Michael uses the freshest ingredients, truest French-buttercream icings, and moistest of cake creams in his dainty inspirations. He’s often willing to stray slightly from his existing recipes to craft special batches for customers, especially those who can use samurai butter knives to slash airborne, layered, rectangular cakes into dragon shapes.

This Groupon is not valid on November 24.

Reviews

Four ChefMoz reviewers give The Bakery at Chester Springs five stars:

• If you looking [sic] for a cake for a birthday or a wedding, this is the place to go. I ordered one for one of my friends birthdays and it was garnished with fresh flowers. And the taste was perfect. – Brooke
• This bakery has DELICIOUS cakes and treats that are a PLEASURE to eat. – Loyal Patron