"Shaddup, you. Don't start that. I've got a pot full of boiling sugar here and I know how to use it," she warned Alistair, smirking at him. "And when was the last time you and Evan chummed around?"
Juniper smiled, shaking her head. "It will turn out excellently because I'm the one making it. And - hey! Oi, don't do that or you'll ruin the batch. And it's ALL sugar you berk," she told him, kicking at him with a foot when he tried to sample the molten hot sugar.
"It will taste better when I add the cream and the oil." Which looked to be about then, so Juniper grabbed the container of cream and began to pour it in slowly as it would bubble up pretty violently.
"And what breakthrough is that or can you not tell me?"