Finally.

Round three.

This was what she had been waiting for.

Cassie had several different desserts in mind for this portion of the competition but the one she had really wanted to go with... her most favorite actually she had chosen not to do. Simply because it took quite some time to get it all done correctly without the complete use of magic. So she would be going with something else today. Something she was sure she could pull off in the given amount of time.

Gathering all the necessary ingredients she laid them out along her area making sure she had everything she would need.

She went to pre-heat the oven before lining muffin pans with cut liners that had little snow flakes on them. Interesting choice perhaps but not really.

Into a bowl went the butter and sugar which she then mixed until it was nice and fluffy with a mixer. One egg white and than another. Some mixing in between with the use of a spatula to keep the mixture from getting stiff. Sour cream, milk and vanilla extract. More mixing.

Flour, baking soda and salt were mixed into a different bowl. Little by little, Cass, added the dry mixture into the wet mixture using the spatula to blend it all together well. Each muffin liner was then filled about three quarters of the way mixture. Into the oven the pan went.

Now it was time to prepare the frosting. She got herself two large bowls into which went butter, vegetable oil and vanilla extract mixing it up well. Then the powered sugar until the mixture was no longer wet anymore. Just a dash of heavy cream to keep it from getting to thick.

Cassie repeated what she had just done once more with the other empty bowl only using half the amount of ingredients this time as well as hot cocoa powder.

When the time was just right she checked on the muffins. Perfect in color, fluffy and not dry looking. Each one was taken from the pan and laid out onto a fancy tray with winter napkins. From the top of each muffin she used a small spoon to scoop out a circle deep enough so it went into the center of each one. She then filled a pipping bag with the hot chocolate frosting. Pulling out her wand she muttered a quiet charm onto the frosting which would keep the frost warm and liquidy making it taste just like real hot chocolate but it wouldn't soak into the muffin. She closed up the piping bag and filled each muffin with the mixture before fitting a bit of the muffin back on top of it.

Into a clean piping bag went the white frosting and she closed it up with the tip of her choice. A nice pretty swirl of white frosting was laid around the top of each muffin. Once more she cast a soft charm but this time on each individual cupcake, the white frosting slowly starting to freeze up and shimmer with small white ice crystals.

"These are Arctic Frost Cupcakes. Not only will they keep you cool on a warm summers day but the white frosting will allow you to turn anything you touch into ice crystals for a couple of seconds. Don't worry, it doesn't last long and it won't hurt!" Nothing to fear parents. If it was at all dangerous she wouldn't even have considered it! Cassie smiled warmly before adding as an after note. "Also as a small added bonus the chocolate frosting inside the cupcake is a cooled down version of hot cocoa."

What wasn't there to like about that?