[My Little Pony] Hearth's Warming Treats

Hoof-Licking Good

Hearth's Warming Eve morning in Equestria was peaceful and serene. The town of Ponyville held freshly fallen snow from the soft flurries that took place last night. The citizens of Ponyville were trotting and galloping about the now snow-covered dirt roads. The joy and holiday spirit had dominated everypony as they went about with scarves and hats with the occasional pedestrian carrying a cup of hot chocolate.

Every roof was completely covered with a blanket of millions of snowflakes. Fillies and foals frolicked and played in the snow, making snow-ponies and creating snowball fights with any foal within reach.

Laughter and singing filled the streets, and SugarCube Corner was busy at work, concocting a new Hearth's Warming Eve treat. Mr. Carrot Cake and Mrs. Cup Cake were frantically galloping back and forth across SugarCube Corner's kitchen. While in the apartment room upstairs, Pinkie Pie was keeping the Cakes' twins, Pound and Pumpkin Cake, occupied with a series of activities.

"Honey, have you got the frosting?" Mr. Cake called.

"Yes, dear!" Mrs. Cake replied.

Pinkie had just put the twin foals to sleep in their cribs as her ears perked up to Mr. Cake's anxious voice.

"How many more pans left until they're all baked?" Mr. Cake asked.

"Oh dear. About, a few dozen more!" Mrs. Cake called back.

"Are you sure you we can get this all done in a few hours, sugar plum?" Mr. Cake asked, his voice shaking with anxiety.

Mrs. Cake just put a pan in the oven and stopped to catch her breath.

"Oh, we better. The party is going to start in a few hours, and we can't afford to have another bakery disaster like last year!" Mrs. Cake said.

Pinkie suddenly grew a bit curious and slowly started to climb down the steps to the bakery area.

"What happened last year?" Pinkie asked, her icy blue eyes stuck to Mrs. Cakes popsicle pink ones.

Pinkie Pie and her friends were in the reinactment of the founding of Equestria play in Canterlot, so she missed last year's Hearth's Warming Eve party.

Mrs. Cake just sighed. "Well..." she started.

"Welcome to the party, Bonbon! So glad you could make it!" Mrs. Cake exclaimed, greeting guests as they entered SugarCube Corner.

The large fir tree was standing tall, decorated with candy canes, lollipops, and ornaments of all colors. Everypony was just chatting amongst one another, until Lyra, an aqua green unicorn, approached a stand full of mini-cakes.

She licked her lips excitedly, levitating the mini-cake with her horn. Mrs. Cake saw this and approached Lyra with a genuine smile.

"Trying our new Holly Berry Cakes?" Mrs. Cake asked.

Lyra guided the cake into her mouth and simply nodded, her cheeks full and a wide grin on her face.

Lyra's satisfying grin was abruptly replaced with a puckered face, as if she had just tasted a lemon. She suddenly spewed the cake out on the newly waxed floor and rushed to the counter where Mr. Cake was, asking for a regular vanilla milkshake.

Mrs. Cake's expression was that of a confused one, and also a look of surprise. How come she spit it out? I've worked on that recipe for a while now. Mrs. Cake thought, curiously.

She slowly trotted to the front counter, confronting Mr. Cake.

"Carrot, did anything happen to the cake that may have caused anypony to dislike it?" Mrs. Cake asked suspiciously, eyeing him down.