Chapter 14: A Day in Doriado Academy Pt.3: Baking Disasters

-Culinary Arts-

The students under Mrs. Eclair Feldtspar were tasked with creating the most unique kind of cake they can bake.

"Alright class. Feel free to let your imagination run wild, but not too wild, as we all know that not all ingredients can get along with just anything. remember everything you've learned, and you'll do well. Okay. Ready...let's begin."

Mrs. Feldtspar is in charge of teaching the cooking class as well as preparing the other cooks to make lunches for the students. She is a very wild individual when it comes to her profession and is always fond of trying new things and seeing how they work. She also has a very sharp taste and scent for ingredients which she uses to guide her and the students in class.

*ting!*

As Mrs. Feldtspar rang the bell, the students began working at their stations witht the ingredients they have. Kageru and Tetsu were once again trying to compete against each other.

"Alright. This time we'll settle things here Hinodama! I'm gonna bake the best darn cake you'll ever taste!"

"Oh yeah!? We'll see about that!"

Gai looked at the two funny. "Ehehehe man. Those two are the same as always no matter where they go." Gai turned to Aria who was busy measuring her ingredients, who seemed to know quite well what she was doing.

"4 Eggs, 3 cups of brown sugar, and a pint of..."

"Whoah!" Gai thought. "Is this girl multi-talented or what?"

Maira looked at the pots in front of her of ingredients, then shyly looked to Riski, an awkwardly dumbfounded expression on her face, "Uhh.."

"J-just let me do it!" Riski took charge and started making a cake.

"Hey! that looks like a duDl card! oh! That looks like one of the forbidden God cards, you know? Slifer the Sky dragon!" Maira started pointing out shapes in the cooking mixes shadows of brown and tan. Riski stopped stirring to glare at Maira. Maira shut up and looked away, blushing at the fact that she didn't have any clue what cooking even looked like.

"Maira."

"Yes?"

"Why don't you get, I mean, SUMMON, the blue eyes white dragon into baking position?" she opened a oven and pointed to an already finished piece of cake, the final look would be a some small cakes stacked together, but Maira couldn't see the logic of any of this.

"uh..?" Maira looked around, she saw a white cake with blue frosting and grabed it, smiling awkwardly she placed it carefully in the oven. "And to be honest, it doesn't really look like a blue eyes at all, the head should be shaped like-"

"Put it. In the Oven. now." Riski said, on the verge of tears at her friends foolishness.

"...yes, ma'am." Maira said in defeat and turned the oven on and turned the knob like Riski told her too. Once she noticed Riski wasn't paying attention to her, she smiled and looked into the oven to see the cake rising. "I raise my blue eyes's attack by 9,000!" she whispered and snickered to herself.

"I think the teacher's gonna summon an F coming up for one of us..." Riski muttered.

"...it's a direct hit."

"I thought it would be." Riski said sarcastically and conutined making her cake.

Tetsu and Kageru were each trying out what they learned so far, but with a twist. Tetsu took a recipe for a lemon cake and tried mixing in different kinds of sour fruits and sauces. Kageru learned a few steps from his mother, but also thought of mixing in an array of spices and sweets into his batch. The two seemed pretty determined and sure of themselves.

"Alright now this oughtta show that Hinodama?" Tetsu thought. This recipe is an absolute win.

Kageru grinned deviously as he mixed and stirred. "Hehehehe. Tetsu's got no idea what real flavor is. When Mrs. Feldspar tries my cake, she'll be somersaulting all over the classroom in no time. And thanks to mom's tips, I'm pretty sure I got this baking thing in the bag."

A couple of minutes have passed, and all the cakes were now in the oven. Everyone began preparations for decorating their pieces. Kageru took out all sorts of peppers and frosting. Tetsu was slicing lemons, trying to make them as neat as possible. The baking was eventually over, and Mrs. Feldspar merrily walked around to test each of her student's creations.

"Well well Ms. Castelle, it seems you've been handling yourself. What do you call this?" She looked over at Aria's counter and analyzed her cake in detail.

Aria simply stood silent and confident. "It's a recipe I've been taught by several teachers back home. It consists a balance of both cinnamon, raisins, and a special icing, backed with a cocoa filling inside."

Mrs. Feldspar clapped her hands together with glee "My, my, it looks so gorgeous! Do you have a name for it?"

Aria placed her fingers on her glasses and kept them in place as she replied"If I do recall, I believe my mother has named it the Castellia Mocha."

"Sounds delightful. If I may?"

"Of course."

Mrs. Feldspar took a small slice and tasted it. The students looked at her, wondering how she would react. The teacher opened her eyes filled with sparkles and delight, as she danced around like a ballerina . "This is...sooo...heavenly...All the flavors coming together as one..."

"Whoah..." All the students in the room were amazed.

Mrs. Feldtspar eventually stopped to congratulate her new student. Well made Ms. Castelle. You get an A++ for this assignment! I expect great things from you." She proceeded to try out her other student's creations. Up next was Gai.

"Alright Mr. Omogawa, let me see what you have for me."

Gai smiled humbly as he replied "It's not much Miss, but I do hope it's all right. Just a simple strawberry shortcake, that my father taught me how to make. Nothing too special, but it does have some vanilla chocolate inside."

"Sounds great! Let me try it." Mrs. Feldtspar took a slice and ate it. She seemed pretty delighted. "Mmmmm...This is not half-bad at all. I really liked the extra touch. Not too original, yet very interesting. An A- is what you earned."

"Ehehe thank you Miss."

Now it was Maira and Riski's turn for a taste test. "Alright Ms. Yune and Ms. Daita. It's your move. What do you two lovely ladies have ready?"

Mrs. Feldtspar took a look at the cake made by the two girls. Riski and Maira obviously seemed nervous. Riski also had her fingers crossed, hoping that the two didn't perform too badly.

It was a neatly stacked cake, filled with white frosting and decorated with many colors of icing and sprinkles. It resembled the shape of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon (In a peculiar way). "Mrs. Feldtspar giggled at the sight of it."What do you call it?"

"Ummmm..." Riski had no idea and turned to Maira for a suggestion.

"The...Blue-Eyed...Wonder?" Maira wasn't so sure of the name either and simply thought of one at the last moment.

"Well...This is quite a colorful one you two made here. Let's see if it tastes as good or better than it looks." She proceeded to try the odd yet sweet smelling dessert before her.

"*munch* *chew* Hmmmm..."

The two girls were sweating and crossing their fingers harder as sthey shivered.

"Not bad." The teacher commented. "I don't really taste anything special, in fact it could use a bit more brown sugar I'd say, however the peculiar design and the effort was well executed, even with Ms. Yune's work on it. Congratz, you two earned solid B."

The class clapped at the fact that even Maira didn't mess up too badly. The two gave off a sigh of relief knowing they performed pretty well.

"Alright then... Up next will be you two; Mr. Hinodama and Mr. Karaka." Mrs. Feldtspar prepared to evaluate the two competing boys next.

"We'll start with you Mr. Karaka." Tetsu confidently presented his piece. It was a bright green and yellow cake with a lemon flavor and limes and oranges around it.

"Feast on this Miss. I call it...The Dessert Desert."

"..." The class stayed silent, looking at Tetsu awkwardly.

"Ehehhehehe...yyyeeeah I gotta work on the names. Still, give it a shot miss. You won't be sorry."

"Alright then I will." Mrs. Feldtspar took a bite. She chewed and munched on Tetsu's cake for a few seconds. She seemed to enjoy it

"Well what do ya think Miss?"

"Mmmmm this is pretty..*munch*...pretty. ..!" The teacher's lips suddenly puckered, and tears were falling out of her eyes. "!...Sooowwww...Sooowww...Soowaahhh!"

"Huh?" Tetsu was trying to interpret what she was saying.

"Sour ya moron!" Kageru yelled. "What did you put on that thing anyway?"

Tetsu explained his baking process, as Mrs. Feldtspar scrambled across the room in desperation for water. She was stumbling on faucets and drank straigth from them.

"Well I simply sliced about 12 cups of lemons, and added in about 3 cups of lime and orange juice and maybe some frosting made out of lemons too."

"Waaahhh!?" The class freaked out in response to Tetsu's overdose of sour and tangy ingredients.

Mrs. Feldtspar managed to get her sense of taste back. She proceeded to evaluate Tetsu. "Whew...Well Tetsu I'd have to say, that the name fits your creation quite well. It was an interesting experience, but could you mind cutting down a bit on those ingredients? Anyways You get a B+ for originality and taste."

"Awww yeah! Top that Hinodama!" Tetsu jumped up as the class applauded his odd yet effective performance.

"Hmph. No problem. Why don't you give mine a shot Miss. I guarrantee that you're tastebuds will be somersaulting all over the classroom with this." Kageru presented his cake. It was a dark red cake with with vanilla and chocolate icing, backed with cinnamon and spices that let out a strong aroma around the cake.

"Hmmm well. That is quite a scent Kageru. And the design. Is this Red-Velvet perhaps?"

"Nope. This is somethin I just came up with. I call it the Crimson Glazer." Kageru let out an energetic smile as he introduced his cake. Everyone in the class chuckled at its name.

"Let's give it a try then. Since yours was presented last, I hope you put plenty of effort in it. And it certainly looks like you did." Mrs. Feldtspar was excited. She took a slice and ate.

"*crunch*...mmmmmm this is quite the flavor here. Sweet. Soft. Spicy, and wild. This is...!"

"Glad you love it miss." As Kageru went on to explain his cake, the teacher's face turned deep red.

"This one has a bunch of peppers and spices on it, and I also put about 1/3 a bag of sugar and some cinamon on it. Also made some special sauce out of a jar of red peppers just for the occasion. So..What do you think?"

"!" Mrs. Feldtspar was beginning to burst into tears. Smoke was emitting from her ears and nose. Apparently it was far too spicy for any normal human to handle.

"So I'm gettin that A right?"

"Waaaaa...waaa...WWWAAATTTERRR!" Mrs. Feldtspar ran in panic across the room. Her expression even worse than when she experienced Tetsu's cake. She literally began somersaulting towards the nearest ice-water jug.

"Hahaha I knew it!" Kageru held his fist high feeling that his disastrous recipe was a success.

The students watched in shock as their teacher drank gallons of water within seconds.

"*pant*...*pant*...*pant*...Wheeewww." Mrs. Feldtspar soon recovered with a dazed smile on her face. "Oh dear...Well Kageru, I see that wou really put quite a punch on the flavor."

"More like a flamethrower." Gai commented.

"Yes...Yes indeed. Whew...That...was the wildest experience I've ever had...Erhem...You definitely need to cut on ingredients like Mr. Karaka over here, adn I mean a lot more. I'll give you an A-."

"Whhaaa!?"

"Yeah! In your face Tetsu. Looks like I win!" The class gave their applause.

"Aaannd.." Mrs. Feldtspar added. "For such an experience, I believe the whole class should try Mr. Hinodama's work." She suggested this quite gleefully. She obviously wasn't kidding.

The whole class freaked out in terror, fearing what kind of panic they'll be thrown into once they try Kageru's cake.

Maira couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that the teacher didn't die in that class every day from tasting Kageru's and Tetsu's food. None the less giving them good grades for torturing her poor tastes buds, however she then remembered her solo project and how that didn't end well for the Mrs. Feldtspar either...