Morning came in Castle City as Poppy and her employees opened the cafe and changed to their uniforms. They baked the pastries they prepped yesterday and start the work in the kitchen as hungry customers swarmed in for their breakfast. As Poppy, Smidge, Fuzzbert, Cooper and Violet were working, Branch enters the cafe and changes his clothes for his uniform to start his work.
"Branch, late as always." Poppy sighed.
"Sorry, I have been watching a movie about Cinderella." He yawned.
"You mean the movie adaptation of the life story of Ella Bloom?" Poppy added.
"Ella Bloom, you mean Cinderella?" Violet said confusingly.
"Violet, the fairytales you all listen to as kids actually happen to us, mythical creatures but the names were changed was changed to keep their true names a secret." Poppy said.
"It still concealed in the outside world but if you read the fairytale book here, their names are revealed." Smidge added.
"So, what's gonna be new for our customers?" Cooper asked.
"We can make parfaits." Violet suggested.
"You mean fairytale parfaits." Poppy asked her.
"Yeah, we could tell a story with the parfaits." She answered.
"That's a great idea, we could write it in our notebook of recipes." Poppy added.
"We could make a Cinderella themed yogurt parfait first, I'll tell the story while making it." Violet said as she took a basket full of blueberries, vanilla yogurt, lemon juice, sugar, sweetened whipped cream, and some granola bars.
"But we could imagine the story while making it." Branch said. "We don't wanna spoil the food but I'll do the washing."
"Let me help with the ingredients." Cooper offered help.
"Sure, let's do it." Poppy cheered.
The team started making the parfaits, filling up the parfait glasses with blueberries first. Then, pour two spoonfuls of blueberry purée, granola bars, some blueberries and topped it with blueberry purée and the last of the blueberries are arranged in a crown shape. After Violet finished making the parfaits, she showed her new creation to her friends. Poppy took them out and served them. The customers love it that they complimented it but more people started entering the cafe to order it when the parfaits became a hit.
"We've got so many customers." Poppy squealed.
"Yeah, and usually parfaits are easy to make." Violet said.
"But we ran out of the purée." Branch complained when he saw the bowl is empty.
"There's three buckets of different types of yogurt in the fridge." Poppy said. "We can use it instead."
"Yeah!" Cooper cheered.
"I got an idea for a fairytale parfait, I'm gonna need some blueberries, strawberries and apples." Smidge smirked.
"Let me guess, it's Snow White." Violet said.
"Yup!" Poppy smirked.
"I remember Rose loves the story of Snow White and she loves apples too." Violet said. "She'll love the parfait."
"Yeah, it's gonna be so fun." Smidge said as she took out a pinch of cinnamon powder, Greek yogurt, salted caramel syrup, blueberries, strawberries, cimmamon apples and cookie crumbs.
"I can help." Violet offered to help her as she used her magic to take out some the goblet-like parfait glasses.
She start making the parfaits and Violet helped her by mixing some cinnamon with yogurt. With trials and errors, Smidge and Violet were able to perfect it as Poppy and Branch watched. After many tests, the parfaits are ready. It is layered with blueberries and strawberries, Greek yogurt mixed with cinnamon, cookie crumbs, cinnamon apples, salted caramel syrup and topped with whipped cream and strawberries arranged like a hairbow. After the parfaits were served, Smidge prepared the last one in a jar and stored it in the fridge. Some of the customers tasted the parfait and they loved it, it tasted like apple pie with strawberries and blueberries mixed together. Still, more customers come to the cafe.
"Wow, our customers will love the fairytale parfaits." Poppy cried.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, why's the name of our new dish, fairytale parfaits?" Branch asked them.
"It's like you're writing a story." Poppy said. "Were trying something new to impress our customers and looks like the parfaits are becoming a new hit for them, even the kids love it."
She eyed the customers outside, who are waiting in line to taste the new fairytale parfaits that just came out.
"Okay, I'm in this fairytale parfait thing, guys." Branch said as he rolled his eyes.
"So, what's your idea?" Violet asked him.
"I'll just have strawberries, mandarin oranges, mangoes, kiwis, blueberries, grapes, plain yogurt, gingerbread cookie crumbs and honey, I got a story inspired for it." He smirked.
Immediately, he took out the washed fruit bowls, the ingredients he need and started working on the parfait. He carefully placed each layer in the glasses with caution and didn't speed through the recipe. Finally, he topped it with whipped cream in a shape of a witch hat.
"Wow, your parfait looks like a witch's gingerbread house." Violet said.
"And you made a witch hat out of whipped cream." Smidge added.
Immediately, the parfaits were served and everybody loved Branch's parfaits but even after they had lunch, more customers came to try the new dessert. This got Poppy thinking of a new variety of parfait for her to try but she eyed Branch nearby.
"I got an idea for a fairytale parfait of my own." Poppy smuggled.
"Let me guess, it's based on me." Branch rolled his eyes.
"Yup, you reminded me of Rapunzel." She smirked. "You kept yourself locked away in the security of your flat, and you never cut your hair."
"Yeah, really funny." He said sarcastically.
"I would need some graham crackers, strawberries and the lemon yogurtthats left behind in the fridge." She said as she took out the tall parfait glasses from the shelf and washed it.
"We can all help." Violet suggested.
"Thanks guys, you're the best." She cried.
"But we ran out of glasses and dessert bowls." Branch said. "They're all used up for all types of desserts."
"That's alright, we have the last batch of parfait glasses to use." She said as she took them out of a box that she haven't opened before.
"Wow, I can wash them for you while you prepare the parfaits." Cooper said.
Right away, they started to work on the fourth variety of parfaits. It's not that easy to make four varieties of parfaits but with teamwork, they finally were able to make more than one parfaits to serve to each and every the customer. When nighttime came, they cleaned up the whole cafe, prepped the pastries for tomorrow and washed all of the dishes, utensils and all the kitchen tools they used, Smidge took out a jar containing the apple pie parfait that she stored in the fridge when she made her first batch of it. Poppy noticed that Smidge made an extra parfait during work.
"Smidge, what's that parfait for?" Poppy asked.
"Rose was too busy with her work that we want to surprise her something." Violet said as Smidge gave her the jar.
"Awww, that's so sweet." She cooed.
"Yeah, I bet she would love it." Smidge agreed.
That night, Rose came home from work and cooked dinner. When she is ready to eat, she flew to the fridge to get a drink. When she opened it, she noticed the jar with the parfait in her fridge and took it out with her magic. After having dinner, she opened the jar and tasted the parfait. She loved it so much and giggled to herself while the Snack Pack watched her eating the parfait through her door with sweet smiles on their faces.