• Family-run store with a specialisation in cupcakes 
• Located in Bovingdon centre

Despite popular opinion, you can have your cake and eat it; you just need to hide the evidence afterwards. Get the proof in the pudding with today’s Groupon: £29 for a ‘cake pops’ making and decorating course at Stanley's Store Masters of embellished edibles, Stanley’s Store invites budding bakers into the kitchen and shows them how to turn delicious treats into mini works of art. The store, in the heart of rural Bovingdon, is an explosion of colour and creativity, filled with craft work, handmade cards, fresh fruit and veg, and other homely delights. The Stanley’s team also sells its own cake creations, catering for birthdays, weddings, and indulgent tea times and it shares its culinary knowledge during courses on how to decorate dainty delicacies . Riding the cake pop wave, tutees can learn to craft these cakey little balls of sugariness and pop them on a stick to delight friends and family. The two and a half hour lesson comprises tricks of the trade including how to temper the chocolate, and decorate and mould the cake pops into shapes. The lesson includes all ingredients and materials including sticks, ribbons, and fondant shape cutters to create six little treats to take home, while tea, coffee, and hot chocolate are available to toast sweet successes.