twilightpony | Eight Fancy Flavors

As planned, this afternoon we had another go at ice cream confectionery, this time at the Treecastle in the dining room, festively decorated by Rarity, where there's ample room for everypony and all our material. This is also where I've decided to hang the Friendship Letter that the Blue Mare Group wrote.

Pinkie and Dash were the first to arrive, just as Spike was setting out the last of the mugs and dishes to go with the iced tea, vegetable sticks and cookies. Next Zecora arrived, followed by Fluttershy and Tree Hugger, then Applekjack and Rarity. The teams we had last time worked well, so we kept those and Zecora teamed up with Tree Hugger.

I just had to show all my friends the Friendship Letter. Rainbow Dash was more impressed by all the signatures on the picture side. Anyway, that out of the way, we got down to making ice cream. It was a lot more fun this time without all the critters, but we still had a good laugh as we told Zecora and Tree Hugger what had happened last time.

Zecora made coconut cinnamon ice cream and Tree Hugger made a "harvest granola crunch" ice cream. Most of us made the same thing as last time, except Pinkie. She made "rocky road" ice cream, which in her case is tiny rock candy (secret recipe is secret!) in licorice ice cream. That was Spike's favorite. Our biggest trade was with Pinkie.

Fluttershy made two batches of dandelion, almond, sesame, marzipan, cherry ice cream, one for her and one for her critters. We stored her pail here in the castle. She also made a trade -- swapping for a fair amount for Tree Hugger's confection.

All that churning was hard work (I didn't have Spike do all the churning, I can turn a crank, most of the time). It was worth it. We have eight exotic flavors of ice cream and enough to last at least a week.