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Authors: Sheryl Berk

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1

Okay, this is one hula-larious cupcake order!” Jenna held up her phone and showed an email to her fellow cupcake clubbers. “It's for a surprise thirtieth birthday party this weekend with a Hawaiian luau theme.

“Ooh! I can pipe those pretty Hawaiian flowers,” Lexi said, grabbing the phone out of her hand to read the details. “You know, white, pink, and yellow plumeria.”

“I think we should use a decorating tip and make green grass icing,” Delaney suggested. “Like those grass skirts the hula girls wear.” She snatched Sadie's fringed scarf from around her neck and tied it around her waist. “Aloha…OY! Aloha...OY!” She sang and swayed around Kylie's kitchen, waving her arms in the air.

“Aloha,
ay dios mío
!
” Jenna quipped. “You look like you're swatting mosquitos!”

“I believe it's ‘Aloha O'e,'” Herbie pointed out. “It means ‘farewell to thee.'”

“And you know this because you are a human search engine of weird facts?” Kylie asked. Her new advisor was a bit of a know-it-all—and she couldn't help calling him out on it.

Herbie shook his head. “I know this because I've seen Disney's
Lilo and Stitch
a dozen times. Did I mention that I love animated movies as much as monster ones?”

“I saw that movie too!” Delaney weighed in. “That's the one where the little Hawaiian girl adopts a puppy who turns out to actually be an extraterrestrial?”

“Precisely,” Herbie replied. “A classic.”

“I'm all for creatures from outer space,” Kylie said, “but this email says the birthday boy is a lifeguard who works at Todd's Point Beach in the summer. I don't think aliens say sand and surf, do you?”

“What if we sprinkled blue frosting with something that looked like sand?” Lexi piped up. “Like crushed graham crackers.”

“We could top that with one of those little drink umbrellas,” Delaney jumped in. “That says beachy.”

“And a maraschino cherry would look just like a beach ball,” Sadie added.

Jenna smacked her lips together. “The flavors could be very Hawaiian: pineapple coconut or passion fruit—which is known as lilikoi in Hawaii, FYI.”

Kylie climbed up on a step stool and rummaged through her mom's pantry shelves. “I know I saw some cans of crushed pineapple in here,” she said. “We used it for that pineapple upside down cupcake order a few weeks ago.”

“Toss me down some shredded coconut while you're at it,” Jenna said. “And some brown sugar and cream of coconut too. We can do a test batch of the pineapple coconut ones tonight and pick up the rest of the ingredients tomorrow.”

“Hey, Lanie. Luau's over.” Lexi snapped her fingers. “I need help making the frosting and filling the piping bags.

“Aw, you guys are no fun,” Delaney said, taking off her makeshift hula skirt and handing it back to Sadie. “I think it would be awesome to go to a luau.”

Kylie knew her theatrical friend could never resist an opportunity to perform—and she had a great idea how to make this cupcake order extra-special. “You know what would be fun? Delivering these cupcakes wearing Hawaiian hula costumes,” she suggested.

“My mom could sew them,” Jenna volunteered. “No problema. I'm thinking some really loud Hawaiian-print halter tops, silk flower leis, and grass skirts.”

Herbie held up his hand in protest. “Oh, no! I draw the line at wearing a coconut shell bikini.”

“You're off the hook, Herbie,” Kylie assured him, trying not to crack up. “You can drive us to the country club where they're having the party, but we'll do the actual hula entrance and cupcake hand-off.”

“Phew!” Herbie mopped his brow with the back of his sleeve. “I'd be happy, however, to accompany you on the ukulele for your presentation.”

Jenna rolled her eyes. “You play the ukulele? Seriously?”

“I've been known to dabble,” Herbie answered.

“Sand…hula skirts…Hawaiian flavors, Herbie's ukulele,” Kylie jotted down a list. “Are we leaving anything out?

“Hello? The Big 3-0!” Lexi reminded her. “It's a thirtieth birthday party. How do we represent that?”

“We could use thirty ingredients in each cupcake!” Delaney piped up.

“And we could be up all night baking!” Jenna corrected her. “That's a whole lotta ingredients to pack in one tiny cupcake.”

“I get fifteen or sixteen max,” Kylie said, listing the sugar, butter, eggs, milk, flour, and all the rest of the necessary fruits and spices on a sheet of paper. “Nice try, Lanie.”

“What about arranging the cupcakes so they form the numbers three and zero?” Lexi said, using her colored pencils to whip up a quick sketch.

“Anything with math and numbers scares me,” Sadie said, covering her eyes.

“No—it's good! Really good!” Kylie patted her friend on the back. “We could build a wooden sandbox, fill it with our cookie crumb sand, and arrange the cupcakes to form a thirty in it.”

“My dad can build it for us,” Sadie assured them. “As long as you promise there are no algebra equations involved.”

Lexi crossed her fingers over her heart. “Promise!”

“Then it's a plan,” Kylie said, shutting the cover to her Peace, Love, and Cupcakes club binder. “And a pretty cool one at that!”

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