British baker was caught short after placing an overly generous discount deal on money-saving website, GroupOn

Rachel Brown, who has been in the baking business for 25 years, had decided to use the popular site to drum up extra business for her company, Need a Cake, before Christmas.

She offered GroupOn subscribers a 75 percent discount on 12 hand-decorated cakes – selling them for £6.50 instead of the usual price of £26.

Bargain hunters jumped on Need a Cake's offer leaving 50-year-old Brown inundated with 102,000 orders.