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Username: Peanutbutterpies
Phony Name: Chocolate Orchid
Personality: Chocolate Orchid (or Orchid for short as he prefers) is not exactly the most social phony around. He prefers to keep to himself in a kitchen, where he's able to create his edible flowers and for the most part, not show how awkwardly shy he is around others. While unusually shy and quiet, Orchid enjoys watching others and when he can get up the courage, tries to help other young phonies get together with whom they like. While this is often a disaster for him (and whom he's helping), he still tries his hardest to be the best match maker he can be, certain that every phony can meet their match. However, Orchid doesn't think about love for himself, too focused on others despite his romanticism. When Orchid is in the kitchen, he's nothing short of a (small) culinary genus. That is, for the making of recipes. When he tries to actually do the baking part of them, no matter how hard he tries the end piece always comes out looking terrible, despite their good taste. Perhaps when he's older, they'll come out looking far more beautiful.
Recipe:
Valentine's Rose Cupcakes
Cupcake:
1 cup (4.5 ounces) all purpose flour
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (7.3 ounces) sugar
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1.5 ounces) Unsweetened Natural Cocoa Powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and warm
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup hot coffee
Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting:
5 large egg whites
11/2 cup sugar
4 sticks unsalted butter, diced and softened
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla
Chocolate Roses:
12 oz of Chocolate Clay
Prompt:
It was going to be the best Valentine's Day ever and Orchid was going to help it all! All week, he had been carefully making plans, which had all been precisely added into a notebook he hid under his bed. Looking at recipes for cakes and icings, even going into one of the big bakeries (which was scary, but he had managed to get his courage up) to ask how they made some of the fancier decorations, Orchid had done so much work he was certain he couldn't mess it up at all. Even better, he'd get to show his skills on how sure he was certain his mommies were perfect together and maybe he'd even get his cutie mark! Yes, today was going to be the best Valentine's Day ever, he was sure of it.
But as the young phony got to baking, he realized a little too late how his plans did nothing to help the actual baking part. While he was used to being in the kitchen, Orchid had grown up following Sweet Mama around in there, he was unsure of his ability to make everything on his own. He had always had a little help, an extra whisk when he couldn't get egg whites right, a helping hand to remind him to get the pastries out of the oven when he got too caught up in thinking of ways to approach phonies (and help them in love!), but now he was on his own. For a moment Orchid wasn't so sure he could make the cupcakes look like he wanted them to, but quickly he shook the thought out of his head. He had to make the cupcakes, he wanted to make this day perfect for his mommies!
So going slowly, Orchid tried his best to make the recipe perfect. He made sure his measurements were precise and that his movements were just what they needed to be. Yet he still spilled batter here and there, accidentally forgot where the eggs were and even stepped on a few, and nearly spilled all the milk! Even worse, when he had his cupcakes baked and pulled them out they looked lumpy and ugly, nothing like the ones he had made with Sweet Mama before. "Maybe they'll look better under frosting?" He tried hopefully, trying to convince himself that they wouldn't look bad. Surely he could do this, after all the icing would cover up his mistakes, right?
But as he clumsily maneuvered the piping bag with his magic, Orchid realized that it wouldn't be so. He hadn't expected it to be so hard and already the cupcake he had frosted looked weird, with some icing on the cupcake and some parts of it bare, all looking like a mess. "Well... practice makes perfect." He sighed quietly and, thankful he had made more cupcakes, tried his best to make the rest look better as he slowly gained control of the piping bag. Once he was satisfied with his piping, which wasn't much but had slowly gotten better, Orchid decided it was finally time to make the best part of the cupcakes: the chocolate roses.
The chocolate clay he had made was waiting in the fridge, colored to match his Mama and Mommy's fur. He had made it special, just for them for these cupcakes because after all, he wanted them to see how good they were together!! While Orchid had worked with chocolate clay before, in fact it was one of the few things he was very good at while baking, he had never tried to make flowers. They proved to be challenging he found out quickly, as his magic shakily helped him form petals and slowly a few roses formed. They were mostly ugly, but as he went on a few were passable. Taking these roses, he slowly perched them on his cupcakes. Now all that was left was to give them to his mommies!
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"Mama?" Orchid quietly asked as he stepped into Sweet Mama's bakery. It was quiet and as Orchid looked around, he noticed no one was around. Maybe she was in the kitchen? Quietly he stepped into it, looking around for Mama. "Mama?" He called again once more, a little louder this time. "Orchid?" came as a reply from Belle Mommy as she stepped into his view, with Sweet Mama following behind her. "Ah! You're both here!" He said excitedly, pleased to see both of his mommies around. He moved to step forward, but faltered, suddenly unsure. What if they didn't like his cupcakes? "What is it dear?" asked Sweet Mama, looking expectantly (but not unkindly) at Orchid. "Uhm.. I made you and Mommy some cupcakes for valentines day. To uh, show how much I love you and how I think you and mommy are the best together ever!" Orchid replied in one big breath as he scooted a small box over. Inside was a pair of his cupcakes, the ones that had managed to look the best out of the batch he had made.
"How nice!" said Belle Mommy and Orchid perked up a little, glad she was pleased. "They look delicious." Sweet mama added, and Orchid watched as they both took their cupcakes out and each took a bite. Nervously he asked "Uhm, are they okay? They don't taste bad.. right?" A moment after Orchid asked, Belle Mommy pulled him into a gentle hug. "No dear, they don't taste bad at all. Thank you so much for the sweet gesture." "It was really sweet of you to do this Orchid! Thank you!" added Sweet Mama, joining in on the hug too. As Orchid snuggled into the hug, he realized he had managed to make it the best Valentine's day ever after all, even with his cupcakes. What a wonderful day!
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