The Christmas Challenge

With the success of yesterday's sales, Elfie and Denis were at the store early. The former owner had dropped off an old display table that they could use, and Elfie hung up some photos of himself and Denis. The place looked better already.

Elfie had been reading the festive cookbook, and decided to make a lovely Winter Cake. They hadn't sold any baked goods yesterday, so they still had the vanilla cake and vanilla cupcakes to sell. Elfie also decided to make a Coconut Cake and some Chocolate Chip cookies.

Denis had looked through some recipe books at his house and made some lovely Minty Mocha and Carrot Cake cupcakes on the cupcake machine. And later on, Denis made a Matcha Tea cake, which was something they served in Mt. Komorebi during the holidays.

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With all these wonderful items for sale, Denis was sure that they could make at least $500 simoleons selling just the baked goods.

Just before they opened, much to their surprise, they got a call from another bakery in town asking if they had any vanilla cupcakes for sale. The bakery explained that they were catering a wedding that day and had run short.

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Elfie knew that they still had the vanilla cupcakes from yesterday, and he happily agreed to sell them. Word was spreading quickly about Elfie's bakery.

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When they opened, there were even more sims who entered the bakery that day, and almost immediately, they got two sales. The Winter Cake sold for $112 simoleons, and the Minty Mocha cupcakes for $10 simoleons. Elfie decided he should re-stock the Winter Cake, as he had a feeling this would be a winner.

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Another sale, and the Carrot Cake cupcakes did even better and sold for $50 simoleons!

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Elfie attempted a new recipe called Silly Gummy Bear Pancakes and even made a Gourmet Fruit Cake.

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Almost as soon as he placed them down, customers were vying to buy them!

https://i.postimg.cc/q7HCzxHs/gumy-bear-pancakes-and-fruitcake.png

By the end of the day, they were both tired, but they both felt rather happy when Denis counted the till and they had made $606 simoleons! Woot! They had done it!

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Notes:

You can sell baked goods made on the cupcake machine directly to a local bakery, and that is what they did with the vanilla cupcakes. They couldn't do it with the vanilla cake because it had been made in the oven. I was concerned about spoilage, so that's why I did a little test.

The display table is actually a retail perk, which Elfie bought with retail points. I was going to save up his points for advertising, and advertise the next day if they didn't make the $500 simoleons. But I didn't need to, as they were quite successful and Elfie made more than the required $500 simoleons. (5 points). So, I also purchased the Placard, My First Simoleon for 50 reward points, the Stunning Sign for 150 reward points, and the Placard Fobbs 500 for 500 reward points.

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