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Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! [solo]

Postby Silver » 02/22/2018 5:32 AM


Sunrise rubbed her face with her palms. Why was she so nervous? It's not like she's never baked anything before. Plus, Magenta was one of her best friends. There was no reason to be nervous. Yet there she was, standing outside Magenta's house trying to think of an excuse not to knock on the door. Something felt really weird, but she couldn't figure out what.

Was she sure she wasn't forgetting anything? Sunrise picked up the shopping bag and looked inside. Sprinkles, sugar, food coloring, and fresh eggs. That was everything Magenta had asked her to bring. She may not be an expert baker, but she was an expert list maker; she had checked the list plenty of times already. No harm in one last check, though. She thought that would have soothed out the odd feeling she was having, but no such luck.



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Re: Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! [solo]

Postby Silver » 02/22/2018 10:22 PM


Just as Sunrise lifted her hand to knock on the door, it suddenly opened. Sunrise took a step back and looked very startled. Standing there in the doorway was her friend, Magenta. The look on her face could not be more cheerful and excited. Sunrise breathed a sigh of relief. It was just Magenta. She probably saw her standing there and decided to come out and give her a hand. She always did seem to appear out of nowhere.

"Sunrise, you're here!" Magenta cheered. She grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her inside. "I got everything ready, so we can get started right away!"

Sunrise wasn't sure how she felt about being literally dragged into the kitchen, but she let it happen. She was still too stunned to really react properly. Before she knew it, they were both in the kitchen where Magenta had already laid out all the ingredients and mixing bowls they would need.



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Re: Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! [solo]

Postby Silver » 02/27/2018 7:08 AM

Laid out carefully on the table were all the ingredients they would need to make cupcakes. It actually surprised Sunset a little that Magenta was capable of being this organized. Normally she was so messy that it was hard to believe what she was seeing. Sunrise put her shopping bags down on the table and separated out the ingredients she brought with her along with what they already had.

"Great! Let's go. First, heat up the oven." Magenta said, pointing to it.

"Right," Sunset nodded. She turned behind her and turned the dial on the oven to heat it up. "Then what?"

"Get the biggest mixing bowl! That's where all the fun stuff happens."

"Okay, mixing bowl, mixing bowl..." Sunrise turned around in place, looking for the aforementioned mixing bowl.



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Re: Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! [solo]

Postby Silver » 02/27/2018 7:32 AM

"Oh, it's right here," Sunset said. She picked up a large mixing bowl on the table, sitting right in front of her. How could she have missed that? Oh well, she had it not. Better not worry about it. "I got it!" she said with a smile, holding it out to Magenta.

Magenta accepted the bowl and grabbed a spoon. "Okay, first, flower, then sugar, then butter, and eggs, and a teeny tiny pinch of salt, and some baking powder, and some of that vanilla..." Maggie rattled off the ingredients from the top of her head, and Sunset dashed around to get all of them into the bowl. Magenta stirred the entire time, turning the clumps of ingredients into smooth, soft batter.

"Is that everything?"

"Hmm," Magenta stuck her finger right into the batter, then her mouth. "Yep that's it!"



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Re: Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! [solo]

Postby Silver » 02/27/2018 7:39 AM

Sunset knew the next part already - it was time to find the cupcake tray. They were pretty unique looking, so she didn't have much trouble identifying it laying there on the stove top. She grabbed it and put it on the counter next to the mixing bowl.

"Maggie, where are the little paper cups? I didn't see them," Sunrise asked.

"Over here!" Magenta had them in her hand in an instant. It looked like a magic trick. Sunrise shrugged; nothing seemed weird when Magenta was around. "One spoonful per cup. They get biiiig in the oven!"

"Right," Sunrise nodded. The chemistry of baking was actually fascinating. These little puddles of liquid would soon be a fluffy, aerated solid. She wondered how the first person who made a cupcake had figured it out. Probably though a lot of trial and error.



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Re: Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! [solo]

Postby Silver » 02/27/2018 7:56 AM

Sunrise dropped a spoonful of batter into the first cup without any drama. After a few more flawless cups, the spoon started to drip across the pan. Soon there was half a cupcake's worth of batter on the tray. Sunrise frowned at the mess she made. Magenta grabbed a nearby tea towel and wiped down the trap around the cups.

"Easy peasy," she said with her signature cheerful smile.

"I don't know what I'd do without you," Sunrise said. It was funny how easy Magenta made this look. That's why she was doing this with her in the first place, wasn't it?

Sunrise checked the oven to see if it was hot. The puff of warm air when she opened it was a good sign. She grabbed some oven mitts and awkwardly fumbled the tray into the oven. Perfect!



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Re: Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! [solo]

Postby Silver » 02/27/2018 8:29 AM

Sunrise pushed the oven closed and looked pleased with her work. She wiggled her hands until the oversize oven mitts came off, and she tossed them on the counter near the oven. "Don't forget the timer!" Magenta said, reaching out and turning the dial herself.

"Thanks Maggie," Sunrise said. "Now what?"

"Well, now we wait!"

"Oh, right," Sunrise tried to hide her disappointment. For some reason, she forgot about the waiting part. Good things took time, she supposed.

"We can clean up the counter while we wait!" Why did she sound so excited about that?

"We probably should, huh," Sunrise said, looking proudly upon her mess. She laughed and grabbed some tea towels to wipe the counter with. Meanwhile, Maggie took care of the dishes. Perfect, since she really hated doing the dishes. She'd much rather sweep up and wipe things down.



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Re: Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! [solo]

Postby Silver » 02/27/2018 9:22 PM

By the time everything was clean, the cupcakes were almost ready. The girls stood with excited smiles while they watched the timer tick down. The cheery buzz of the timer was met with much excitement, and Maggie grabbed the oven mitts and pulled out the cupcake tray. She plopped the cupcakes onto the stove top to cool and announced, "Now we can make the icing!"

"I've never made icing," Sunrise mused. She had always gotten the kind you could get in a can from the supermarket. It was really great having a friend around like Magenta who knew how to do this stuff.

"That's okay - you can stir!" Magenta plopped a big bowl and whisk into Sunrise's hands. Then she started pouring various ingredients in. Sunrise could hardly keep up with what she was doing. Maybe she'd just ask for the recipe afterwards...



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Re: Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! [solo]

Postby Silver » 02/27/2018 10:31 PM

"Now, the most important part!" Magenta said.

"What's that?" Sunrise asked. She looked down at the bowl of frosting, and it looked fine to her.

"Color!" Magenta dramatically dropped a bunch of bottles of food coloring onto the counter. She had one for every color imaginable, it seemed. "What color do you want to make the icing, Sunrise?"

"Um, well..." Sunrise felt a little uncomfortable being put on the spot like that. "I think maybe..."

"Pink!" Magenta shouted the word at the same time Sunrise said it. The two of them were in agreement, then. That was a relief! Magenta took the bottle of bright pink and poured a healthy amount into the frosting.

"Now stir!" Sunrise stirred up a storm and watched as the white frosting slowly became a cheerful bubblegum pink. There was a lot of stirring involved in cupcakes, but she didn't really mind. It was the least she could do to borrow a bit of Magenta's baking genius for the day.



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Re: Cupcakes, cupcakes, cupcakes! [solo]

Postby Silver » 02/27/2018 10:43 PM

"Looks ready to me," Sunrise said, looking at the smooth and fluffy icing.

"Just one more thing." Magenta insisted. Sunrise was confused. She thought the coloring was the one last thing. What else could there be? This baking business was more complicated than she thought. "You forgot to taste it, silly!"

"Of course," Sunrise said with a laugh. She watched as Magenta stuck her finger into the frosting and held it up to her mouth. Without a second thought, she licked the icing off her finger. "Oh my gosh, yum!" she licked her lips and smiled. The icing was perfect, just like she thought.

"Oops," Magenta said playfully, smearing some icing on Sunrise's cheek. Both girls laughed and Sunrise jokingly tried and failed to lick her own cheek.

"Don't think you're getting off that easy," Sunrise said, grabbing Magenta by the wrist and tapping the icing filled spoon on her nose.



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