Facing starvation in an endless winter, the young filly Celestia attempts to raise the sun... and finds a wonder that her cynical mind had never conceived.
There's a bakery in Canterlot. It's exclusive, it's mysterious and it's got cakes to die for. In fact, nopony knows who runs this place, but by golly Celestia is going to find out!
A changeling suffers from an embarrassing affliction that causes him to shape shift whenever he has the hiccups. Dealing with it is half the problem, when Chrysalis also sends him on an infiltration mission as well.
Mr. and Mrs. Cake are spending Hearts and Hooves Day alone together. Mrs. Cake wonders about her future appeal to her husband, and receives encouragement in return.
After Twilight delivers a batch of books to Sweet Apple Acres as a gesture of goodwill, she finds that Big Macintosh is not interested in her offerings. Through her efforts to discover why, she inadvertently discovers his most shameful secret.