A Pinch of Magic by Kiki Thorpe

Author:Kiki Thorpe [Thorpe, Kiki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7364-3222-1
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2014-07-21T16:00:00+00:00

Dulcie woke up bright and early on Friday morning in the comfortable bed in Mia’s dollhouse. She yawned and stretched, then looked over at Mia. The girl was sound asleep, her pillow over her head.

“Rise and shine!” Dulcie cried. “It’s baking day!”

Mia just rolled over.

Dulcie flew downstairs. She found Gabby sitting at the kitchen counter eating a bowl of Sugar Os.

“Are you hungry?” asked Gabby.

“Does a bunny hop?” Dulcie replied. When Gabby looked confused, she added, “In fairy terms, that means yes.”

Gabby ran upstairs to grab a tiny bowl and spoon from the dollhouse. Mia still wasn’t awake. Once back downstairs, Gabby discovered that only a single Sugar O would fit in the bowl. She added a few drops of milk and placed the bowl in front of the fairy.

Dulcie gobbled it up.

After breakfast, Gabby pulled out mixing bowls, large spoons, and cake pans of all shapes and sizes.

“These are gigantic!” said Dulcie, flying over to examine a sheet cake pan. She thought for a minute. “They’re perfect!”

“What’s perfect?” said Mia, who had finally made her way downstairs.

“Fly with you, Mia,” Dulcie said. “I found these big cake pans. Why don’t we make a couple of sheet cakes? That way we can get the most slices.”

Mia eyed the long pans nervously. “I guess I was imagining something, well, smaller. I’ve never baked anything but cookies, you know.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll help you,” Dulcie said.

Mia nodded. “I want your help. But I also want to win fair and square. I have to do the baking.”

Dulcie agreed. “The best part of baking is seeing your own creation. I’ll stay out of the way.” She settled herself on top of the blender, where she could oversee everything—and call out instructions.

“First, melt some butter!” Dulcie instructed.

Mia looked around uncertainly.

“Stove. Pan. Butter. Go!” Dulcie explained.

Mia pulled out the butter and a saucepan and got to work.

“Yes, that’s good, keep stirring. Lovely! Now, take a pastry brush and cover the bottom and the sides of the pans with a thin coating of butter.”

Mia looked up. “What’s a pastry brush?”

“No pastry brush?” Dulcie said.

“I have a new paintbrush I haven’t used yet,” offered Gabby from her perch at the counter.

“Perfect!” said Dulcie with a sigh of relief.

After the paintbrush was washed and dried, Mia went to work. Dulcie watched. “Remember, I said a thin coating,” she called out. “That’s much too thick. Here, let me show you.”

Dulcie flew down to the counter. She grabbed the paintbrush and managed to dip it in the saucepan. But when she hoisted the large brush, heavy with melted butter, over her shoulder, she lost her balance.

“Oh … oh … oh …,” she cried as she skidded from one end of the slippery surface to the other on her bottom. When she stood up, butter dripped from her dress.

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