Forlong

Yes, and it tasted purple. Oh, you're right. I should have known that. Well, we can't all be perfect.

She and the conductor had a sexy fling that night. She took the hat after he fell asleep. She won't call him back. After all, she needs a stallion that can keep up with her stamina. Okay, I need a shower now.

Standard procedure to mark this as a spoiler, even though I don't intend to give away the plot. Well, the name of the cake in the latest episode is the Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness. I wonder if you could actually make that cake. Let's break it down and figure out what the recipe would be. It's obviously a cake, so we can derive it from a basic cake recipe. Those are easy enough to find. Let's look at the elements of the name. Marzipan A sweat almond meal (though apricot and peach kernels can replace almonds in a pinch). Often used for cake filling. However, it could also be in the icing, and is likely the decorative "fruit" on the cake. Mascarpone An Italian cream cheese that has been coagulated in juice. It is very likely used as the icing for the cake, or at least some of it. Meringue There are two possibilities here. The first is that it is actually a pavlova, which is very similar to meringue. Not sure if that even counts as cake, though. The second is that it refers to the icing, which would make it a large meringue tart. Madness THIS...IS...SPARTA!!! *kick* ... Someone should really put railing around that.

I've got a new favorite:

First true blue episode review: The episode begins with Pinkie Pie helping transport a cake made by the Cakes (see what they did there?). At this point I have to ask two questions: 1) Why are the Cakes asking Pinkie Pie to take the cake*, rather than do it themselves? Pinkie already proved that she could look after the baby cakes, so why are they the ones staying home? 2) Why is Big Mackintosh carrying the cake on his back? Can't they get a cart or something else more stable to put it on? Certainly easier than having the cake stabilized by two pegisi and magic with a net just in case. The cake in question is the Marzipan Mascarpone Meringue Madness (FYI: spell check sucks), an entry for the national desert competition. The M4 is probably a pavlova made with almond flour and topped with cream cheese icing. It sounds delicious, but Pinkie Pie managed the same by just calling it the "mmmm". Works for me. Anyway, Pinkie and her friends are going with the cake on the train. Wait a second, how come Pinkie didn't invite Big Mac to come along? He did most of the work. What is this, an all girls club? Do they not want to catch Mac's cooties? Come to think of it, there is a re-occurrence of "Macs" in Lauren Faust's work. Maybe that's her favorite name. On the train, we meet the other entrants to the contest: a french Griffin that somehow grew a mustachio (my money is on steroids), Doughnut Joe (bet you thought they won't use that character again), and a jackass* (NOT the same one from another episode). The snooty* Griffin enters his eclairs, the donkey a chocolate mousse shaped like a moose*, and if you can't figure out what Joe made there is no hope for you in this world. As you might have expected, each entrant believes that the competition will get their just deserts*. We also see a rather amusing picture of a pony general. I challenge you to name him, unless someone already has in the last 5 hours. I vote for Edward the Black Mane (even though its grey). Only because I can't come up with any good horse puns to go with Ulysses S. Grant's name. Maybe "Ulysteed S. Grant"? Is that even good enough? Anyway, back to the plot. Pinkie becomes convinced that someone will sabotage the M4, even though none of the competitors showed any sort of concern for the cake. As she stands guard, Pinkie notices someone sneaking about the train and is led from one end of the train to the other (literally). However, in the morning, Twilight turns the cake to reveal that three comically over-sized bites were taken out of it through the night. How Pinkie didn't notice this I--oh wait, its Pinkie Pie. Carry on then. Pinkie starts making wild accusations as well as references to Sherlock Holmes, Dudley Do Right (seriously?), James Bond, and every film Japan ever made that didn't involve Godzilla (and a few that did). Twilight points out how she's wrong on every turn, and Pinkie gets confused. Why? Because the culprit only took the cake*, not the other deserts. She starts being all Pinkie Pie and describing how awesome the other treats are. Anyone who was simply hungry could have eaten anything. At that moment, they go through a tunnel, and come out with one of them MURDERED!!! Nah, just kidding. All the other deserts are eaten. Twilight finally has enough of Pinkie's nonsense and shows her how to get things done. They retrace Pinkie's steps from last night and find a blue feather in the caboose, a pink hair in the engine car, and that the portrait in the desert car is now of Emilia the Black Mane. Actually, its a fake eyelash that got stuck on the picture when the culprit ran into the wall. So clearly...we are looking for a blue angel with bubblegum pink hair that really wants the guys' attention. Oh that is a joke, it was Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Rarity. Notice how AJ showed some frickin' self control. We are very ashamed of you, young fillies. Oh as for the other deserts, Pinkie figures out that the other chefs ate them so they learn a lesson in...Hell if I know what lesson they learned. And once again, AJ was the one with some self control. Does she get anything for it? NO! They arrive at the destination, but have no desert to enter; so they put together what's left of their deserts to make one super-desert that sounds totally unappealing. I know one of you will try to put eclairs, doughnuts, and mousse on an M4. DON'T...DO IT! Anyway, they all enter together in the contest, wherein Princess Celestia teaches her subjects some complacency by forcing them to watch her eat. Twilight asks Celestia if she'd like some cake. As if you need to ask. We all know that cake is Celestia's true weakness: All and all, this was an average episode of this series. It had a lot of good bits, but I feel like it went to fast. However, slowing it down would have risked turning it into a two-parter. And Lord knows that a two-part episode about a cake mystery wouldn't impress. *These are not jokes, only coincidences. *sigh* Made it through the entire review without making a Portal reference. ... CRAP!

You would have a better point if that was actually what they were hinting at in the show. Rarity frequently shows hints of reciprocating Spike's feelings. Being strangely overprotective of him and calling him pet names. If she's teasing him with this behavior, its perfectly understandable for people to be upset about it.

I'd say... I think that says all that needs to be said.

I'm starting to become a Fluttershy/Big Mac shipper. See, this is what the internet does to people. RUN! Get out while you still can!