... in any case, I'm sure this next attempt will go much better.

[where does she get all this baseless confidence from?

but she's confident anyway, for some reason. she gets a small glint in her eyes, but otherwise sets her hands on her hips as she surveys the rest of the ingredients. she probably... doesn't need everything that she gathered, from the sound of it, but better safe than sorry. (no.)

she'll set about grabbing new bowls so she can start mixing the other ingredients while waiting for the recipe book for the caramel.]

I hope you didn't have anything else pressing to do today while I borrowed you.