Though less devastating than banana-cream pies, cupcakes still provide effective suppressive fire during fancy dinner-party food fights attended by Larry, Curly, and/or Moe. Today's Groupon lets you lock and load with this smile-inducing ammunition. For $12, you get a dozen cupcakes (a $24 value) at Betty Jane's Bakeshoppe. The shop gets its name from the current owner’s mother, Betty Jane, a handy homemaker and expert baker, and the friendly bake staff continues to use her recipes to craft the desserts. Buyers can mix and match their darling dozen from any of the available gourmet cake flavors, such as chocolate, red velvet, and Italian crème before picking out a homemade frosting ensemble (like German chocolate, coconut butter cream, or cream cheese) to protect the cakey underneaths from rain.

Reviews

Roadfood.com reviewed the red velvet cake at Betty Jane's Bakeshoppe.

• I’d stop my whining about the overpopulation of red velvet cake if they all were anywhere near as good as this one. – Michael Stern