"What should we do today, Sophie?" said Emily cheerfully. She was happy to have some time alone with the girls, and with Sophie. Monica and Chandler had gone out for the afternoon so it was currently just her, Phoebe, Rachel, and Sophie.
"Hungry!" exclaimed Sophie.
"Hungry?" said Phoebe. "You know, I just saw the greatest cupcake recipe in this cookbook over at Joey's. Should we make cupcakes, Sophie?"
"Yeah!" she nodded, smiling big. "Coopcakes!"
They laughed.
"They're called cupcakes, silly," said Rachel, giggling.
"Cupcakes," nodded Sophie, still smiling.
"I'll go get the cookbook," said Phoebe, standing up. "Oh, this is going to be so much fun!"
"A perfect girls' day," agreed Emily, watching her go out the door. It wasn't minutes later that Phoebe came back with the book.
"It looks like Monica's got everything here for the chocolate ones," she said. "Let's make them!"
"Yay!" said Sophie, as Rachel and Emily took her into the kitchen. Already they were having fun, and they hadn't even started baking yet!
Once they were in the kitchen, everyone started doing something. Phoebe checked the recipe once more, Rachel got the ingredients as she said them and Emily grabbed the bowls and mixers. Soon enough they were starting, everyone at the counter (Sophie was on a stool).
They made the cupcake batter first, by mixing a few different ingredients and putting them in the bowl. The recipe said that it was better to do the dry ingredients and then the wet ones, so they put in the flour and baking soda first. Then they put the sugar in, before Emily realized that sugar and brown sugar were both classified as wet ingredients. Not thinking that it was a big deal, they put in the rest of the stuff and went on with the mixing.
Next they poured the batter into Monica's cupcake pans and put it in the oven.
"Now what?" asked Rachel.
"Frosting!" said Phoebe.
So they began to whip up the frosting next while the cupcakes baked. It didn't take a long time, once it was all set up and in there, but it was tiring to mix with only a hand mixer.
Once it was done they all wanted a taste so they each got a spoon and took a bite. Sophie, however, took multiple bites.
"Mmm! Yummy!" exclaimed Sophie, smiling. She now had frosting all over her face.
"Sophie!" scolded Phoebe. "You can't eat all the frosting! That's for the cupcakes!"
"Cupcakes! Yummy!"
Phoebe sighed. "They won't be if they have no frosting!"
"They'll be fine," said Rachel. "Cupcakes are good, even if not quite all of them get frosting."
Emily nodded in agreement. "Sometimes cupcakes are even too sweet if they have a lot of frosting."
Rachel gasped. "Not true!"
"Sugar makes everything soo much better," agreed Phoebe. "I would eat a cupcake that was nothing but frosting."
"Me too!" Sophie clapped. "Me too!"
They laughed.
The oven beeped soon and they got the cupcakes out, then put them on a rack to cool. They went into the living room and watched a cartoon, Sophie giggling all the way through.
Once they were all finished cooling off they put the frosting into a plastic bag, cut off the tip, and then piped it onto the cupcakes. Within minutes of frosting the cupcakes they were biting into the cupcakes.
"Mm!" smiled Emily. "These are fabulous!"
Rachel nodded. "Amazing!"
"Stunning!" cheered Phoebe. "We could be professional chefs!"
"I think that would make us bakers," said Emily.
"Bake!" said Sophie, her mouth full of cupcake. "Bake!"
When Monica and Chandler got home they each tried the cupcakes too, and they thought that they were super good.
"An artist and a baker," said Monica smiling. "Our little Sophie really is something special."
"Hey!" objected Rachel playfully. "We helped too!"
Chandler laughed. "You guys did an amazing job."
"Thank you!" said Sophie. Everyone smiled at her, then grabbed another cupcake and headed into the living room to sit down and watch a movie. It was about baking.
(Hi guys! Sorry this took so long to upload! I've been flying all around and working on music so it's all been pushed behind. Hope you enjoyed this chapter! :) )