The Baker King

"The Baker King" is the twenty-first episode of the Disney Junior series Sofia the First, which aired on November 8, 2013.

Synopsis
When King Roland gets tired of being king, he wishes for a simple life. In the terms of "be careful what you wish for or you might get it", he gets it when he makes a wish on a magic mirror. He becomes a baker overnight along with his whole family, and soon sees that even the simple life has its hard times as well.

Sofia helps him see how important his job as king is. She knows it's a hard job, but he is good at it and the people need him because they appreciate him and look up to him. After Sofia convinces him, he decideds he doesn't want to be a baker anymore and thinks it's time to go back to being king again.

When he wants to become king again, Sofia points out that the magic mirror caused this. However, they need to figure out a way to get to the castle until Baileywick comes to pick up the cake Amber ordered earlier.

Sofia devises a plan to bake and deliver it to the castle. They get to work on a 100-layer cake and bring it as requested. Once they've arrived at the castle, they rush to the mirror. Roland asks to be king again and the mirror starts to sparkle and magically turns the family back to royalty. Roland feels good to be king again and before he heads off to the villagers ball he asks Baileywick to lock up the magic mirror in the attic forever so it will never cause trouble again.

The royal family then host the villagers ball which is in Roland's honor. All the villagers thank Roland for all he's done for them and test their cake for the first time which tastes bad. Roland thanks Sofia for her help and says he'll have a word with the baker and the cake will be better next year.

Songs

 * The Simple Life

Trivia

 * This is the third time we hear Roland sing. ("Baileywick's Day Off", "Tri-Kingdom Picnic")
 * This is the second time since Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess that we see Sofia in her villager's outfit.
 * This is the first time in the series where King Roland II and Queen Miranda have a larger role than they usually do. The size of their role in this episode is a bit bigger than their role in the film.
 * This is the first time Princess Amber and Prince James are seen sleeping, and the first time where Queen Miranda is seen in her nightgown.
 * This is the second time Roland, James, and Miranda have been under the effects of a magic spell. The first time was Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess.
 * This is the second episode where we see Amber's hair in a mess, the first was in "Two to Tangu".
 * Sofia's amulet is gone and none of them notice.

Cast

 * Ariel Winter as Sofia
 * Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
 * Zach Callison as Prince James
 * Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda
 * Travis Willingham as King Roland II
 * Tim Gunn as Baileywick
 * Jennifer Hale as Violet the Maid
 * G.K. Bowes as Village Mom
 * Nika Futterman as Village Wife
 * Craig Gerber as Village Husband
 * Maxim Knight as Boy
 * Court Young as Bakery Customer
 * Michaela Zee as Girl