Best Friend Bucketlist

Chapter Twenty-One

We have two days left in our California adventure before we are going to college. So today Soph, Kell, Josh, and I plan on baking all day! Josh and Kell have the day off so we are going to bake and have fun. We have ingredients for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pies or whatever we are making. “I think we should let miss pastry chef in training take the lead.” Josh says smiling. “Oh whatever.” I say. I turn on the kitchenaid stand mixer and let it mix together. I start wiping flour off my hands and accidentally throw some of the excess flour at Soph. Which start a full on brawl of flour being thrown. We finally come to our senses after a thin layer of flour lays on everything.

The cakes and cupcakes are out of the oven and are cooling so I start teaching them how to make a perfect frosting. The cakes and cupcakes are cool and so I start putting the frosting in the pastry bags to be able to frost them pretty. I give them each a pastry bag and we start piping the frosting on the cupcakes when Soph all the sudden bursts and splatters purple frosting all over the kitchen. We all look at her disappointed and we burst into laughter.

I decide that I want to frost the cake because I want it to actually decent. I decide I want to make sugar flowers. I make some colorless fondant and get the oval shaped cookie cutter and start to form the petals for a rose. I make about two-dozen sugar roses and they all stare at me wide eyed. “Holy crap!” They all just stare at me in disbelief. I get the edible paint and start to paint them to make them look realistic. “Pick a color!” I say. “Purple.” Soph says. The boys agree so I dye the remaining frosting purple and cover the cake in frosting. I take all the roses and cover the side of the cake in roses. “Oh. My. Goodness.” Josh says. “Do you like it?” I ask. “Yes!” They all say in unison. I take a picture of the cake. “We should probably clean the kitchen.” I say. We start cleaning the kitchen and in about an hour the kitchen looks spotless. “Let’s go get food!” Kell suggests.

We head to a fancy restaurant and order food. I drink a glass of wine and we talk college. I’m nervous and I can tell Soph is too. After we eat we head to get ice cream. After our food adventures we head back to Kell’s house and head straight to bed. Tomorrow is our last day together before Soph and I head to college.