Chapter 483: Trial Cake Making (1)
After the Commander's wife left, Fu Jin instructed Fei'er to go to Feiyun Tower and ask for a few stretch cloths from Master Yun, saying that she felt that the tights and elastic pants were very comfortable to wear, and that she had given them to the Commander's wife, and wanted to make a few stretch cloths herself.
Yun'er didn't agree, and picked out ten pieces of elastic cloth that were more delicate and clean, and asked Yun'er to take them back. She also got two stretch cloths, and she was so happy that she saluted Yun'er again and again.
Yun'er knew that giving Fu Jin these fabrics would be enough for her to make for a few days, and she shifted her energy to the production of pastries. Three small kitchens and one large kitchen were all completed and put into use. The straw gas stove that the prince bought can drive the oven. With the oven you can bake cakes and bread. There is also a barbecue oven in Daqing, which roasts chickens and ducks, and burns charcoal. But this straw gas stove is more fuel-efficient. Sister Han was worried that this gas stove would not work, and Mr. Zhong said that when the new product was just developed, it was generally okay, but there were more people who bought it, and some people did not play with human nature, and lost their conscience in order to make money. The prince bought ten units with the mentality of trying it out, anyway, it is not expensive, and if the quality is grasped, he can buy a few. The three of them not only bought an electric oven, but also an oven that can use gas, any gas, liquefied gas, natural gas, straw gas, and biogas gas. I bought several of them, it's really a lot of money to do things, and I don't have the money to stare at it.
Yun'er handed over the oven to Tian Liang, asked him to connect the straw gas stove, and then taught her how to use the gas stove proficiently. The oven, whisk, flour sieve, live bottom film, rubber spatula, spatula, cake knife, wooden spoon, rolling pin, scone spatula, measuring spoon, mold, piping mouth, flower holder and other tools are all moved to their small kitchen, boiling water can be put in the pot anyway, and all the hot ones can be put in the pot for sterilization. Mama Jiang and Mama Lin have never seen this kind of work, and they are also busy with Qing'er and Ji'er. We also prepared ingredients and additives that we would use immediately, such as cake flour, eggs, oil, sugar, starch, lemon juice, salt, vinegar, rum, butter, etc. These are all bought by the eldest sister and Xiaoli for Zhang Luo.
After the tools were completely disinfected, Yun'er made a cake by herself. It's called Angel Cake. This kind of cake is relatively simple and easy to make, with few types of ingredients and a simple production process. Angel cakes can come in many shapes, and Yun'er chose the simplest one. This cake is made with only egg whites, sugar, and flour, and the color is very white and cute.
Four egg whites, two taels of sugar, one tael of cake flour, three coins of corn starch, four drops of lemon juice, one-fifth teaspoon of refined salt, five milliliters of rum, and a little butter.
The tool is a six-inch angel cake mold
"The master estimates, you can tell the slaves and maids to do what you want to do, how can you do it yourself?" Mama Lin really didn't care, and took the initiative to ask to join the war.
"It's good that you're willing to participate, but this is a pastry, which is a pastry eaten by a Westerner's big nose, which is too different from our Daqing food, and you will be used in the process of making cakes. This is a mold for making cakes, and we also use molds when making dim sum. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees first, the numbers on this oven are not clear, and you will learn it slowly. Then mix the low-gluten flour and cornstarch evenly and sift it, you can do this, and there are Lao Jiang and Lin Ma to do this process. Let's start beating the egg whites. It is to separate the egg white from the egg yolk, put it in this whisk and stir the egg white, this is hand-cranked, Sister Shui'er, come here, shake this crank like me, not too fast, not too slow. Stir the egg whites until they are foamy and take a long time. Be sure to make a large bubble, add granulated sugar in three times to make a wet foam, that is, use a spatula to pick up the foam, the glycoprotein is an inverted triangle and does not fall off, and then add this rum. If rum is not available, use white wine or rosΓ© instead, which will also reduce the fishy smell of the egg whites. Then mix the sifted flour into the glycoprotein, which is the foam made by this egg white, and mix well with a blender. Next, scoop the beaten egg whites spoonful by scoop into the mold, smooth them out, turn them upside down so that there are no gaps in the mold, put them in the preheated oven, and bake for 20 minutes. Sister Shui'er, hurry up upstairs and bring the alarm watch on my case. β
Shui'er ran back to Yun'er's room and brought a house-shaped alarm to the kitchen. Yun'er took it and said to everyone: "This is an exotic alarm, and the short needle walks in a circle for twelve hours, which is equal to six hours." I have to walk twice in one day and one night, which is the same time as our Qing Dynasty. So, an hour is half an hour. You guys get closer, and you see that there are twelve numbers on it, right? In the middle of each number are five squares, and each square is one minute. Then twenty minutes is twenty squares, which is also the distance of four numbers. This slender needle is called the second hand, and it takes a minute to go in a circle; This thick and long hand is called the minute hand, and it takes one minute to walk one square, and one hour to walk in one circle. I see? β
It's still a high level of literacy to understand quickly, Mama Lin and Yu'er understand it, Shui Er is a little half-understood, Jiang Mama and Qing'er and Ji'er are simply ducks listening to thunder, a little ridiculous. Yun'er comforted: "It's normal that new things are not understood immediately, you can consult Mama Lin in the future." I've set a time for my alarm watch, and when it's time it will ring to let you know it's time. This saves you the need to forget about the cake in the oven. This alarm watch will be given to you in the kitchen to watch the hour, and Mama Lin will be in charge of it, don't fall and lose it. β
"Yes, the slave must be optimistic about this alarm watch, this little thing is too good-looking, right? It's the same as a small house. But the master has estimated that you have given it to us, what do you use? β
"I have a watch. Now five minutes have passed, and I hurried home to deliver milk to my baby and will be back soon. You just wait here, think about the process of this cake, and then you can do it yourself. With that, he hurried away with the water.
I came back ten minutes later, waited for a while, turned off the gas, turned on the oven, inserted a toothpick into the cake, and took it out without cake liquid on it, it was dry or cooked.
"The last step is to take the mold out of the oven and buckle it upside down, and you must wear this cotton glove when you take the cake, otherwise it will burn. Let cool before demoulding the cake. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving. If you don't like sweet food, put dried fruits such as raisins and honey peas in the egg batter, and you can also reduce the amount of sugar appropriately. β
After waiting for a while, the cake is demolded and sliced with this special knife for cutting cakes. "I'll look at us here, there are seven people, cut seven slices, and everyone tastes a slice."
"Wow! It's so delicious! It's fragrant, sweet and sweet. β
"Master girl, you haven't given Master Chen, Mrs. Chen, Baylor, and Gege to taste, the slaves and maids have used the ...... first."
"What is this, we are experimenting. When I was studying with my eldest sister in a foreign land, I once misremembered the time, and it turned out to be charcoal. Be sure to follow the process flow and master the time. So, you do it again, and I won't do it. β
Even with the preparation and operation, in about an hour, the second oven of angel cake came out. Taste it, it's basically the same as Yun'er, the taste and color are almost the same.
Then Yu'er and Shui Er did it alone, and Mama Lin and Jiang Mama, Qing'er, and Ji'er did it alone. I wasn't so nervous at the beginning, and the process was simple, and it was all successful. Yun'er sent some of these cakes to the prince and Fujin, one for the father and mother and a few children, and then took care of the fish for the pregnant women, and the rest of the girls and grandmothers present shared it equally.
"Sister Yu'er, Sister Shui'er, the two of you go to the front yard to give Wang Ye Fujin and them a taste, my father and my mother's share of Mama Lin will send it, Mama Jiang and Qing'er, Ji'er You work the hardest, brush the tools and dry them."
"Yes, slave and maid obey." Qing'er and Ji'er were originally foul-mouthed, and these washing and washing things were their business. In fact, there is no need for Mama Jiang to do it, but if she is not mentioned, she will be very frightened, women in this era are not so open-minded, and they can't bear any trivial things.
"Fujin, look, the fish and water in the backyard are here with plates, thinking that they are bringing you something delicious." The most important thing is that people come to the backyard, either to take food or to get beautiful things.
Mama Zheng sneered at Mama'er: "It was sent to Fujin, what is the matter with you?" β
"Can't you see? It's also good to have a long insight. β
"The slave maid asks for peace to Fujin, and Fujin is auspicious." The fish and the water both salute.
"No courtesy, no courtesy. What good things have you sent me, master? It smells good. β
"This is the cake that our master just tried to make. Put it in the oven and you're done. The master said, please taste it with the prince and give advice. β
"I tasted it first, and the taste was really appealing. How to eat? β
Shui'er said: "The slave maid will cut it for you and then use it slowly, this is called angel cake." β
Shui'er was originally in Fujin's room, and now the relationship between Fu'er and her is very friendly, and she is very calm when she comes here.
"Trouble which sister will give Fujin a small disc."
"I'll go, I'll go" is the most grabbed, the purpose is to get a reward, and this snack is delicious today.
"Hmm, it's delicious, it's delicious, how can this Yun'er do anything? It's two different from our Daqing dim sum. Leave a few pieces for the prince and the prince, and then everyone will divide them. β
Fujin eats the same as Yun'er, never eats alone, and several grandmothers and girls in the room often borrow light to taste food.
"Oh! It's really delicious! Mama Zheng got a piece and squinted her eyes when she ate.
The man's mouth widened and choked. "Uh, uh" straight to the hiccups. Bun Er handed her the tea and took a big sip before going down.
Mama Liu said: "I have never eaten this kind of dim sum, and it is another taste. β
Yu'er said: "Our master said that this is a western snack, a dim sum eaten by a big nose in the West." β
The beard said, "Then if we eat this kind of snack, will our nose get bigger?" β
In a word, everyone in the room burst into laughter.
Yun'er took the dim sum to the old lady, and the baby Beibei's little nose was very smart, and she immediately smelled the fragrance, pointing to the dim sum plate and screaming "oh, oh".
"Oh my girl, what kind of snack are you doing, look at the child's greed. Don't worry, grandma feeds you. β
"Mother, you try it first."
"Mother is not in a hurry, didn't you see that your daughter's and son's little mouths are open and waiting? That Liu'er girl, bring me water and I will wash my hands. Don't worry, babies. β
Bei Bei ate it first, and Mrs. Chen knew that Bei Bei was as anxious as Yun'er, and she would scream if she couldn't eat it, so she broke a very small piece and sent it to his small mouth. Then give the baby a small piece. Bei Bei smiled so much that her eyes turned into crooked crescents.
Yun'er hugged Beibei: "Our Beibei is very good at selling cuteness." β
"When you come back, you say some strange things, what do you mean by selling cuteness?"
"It's just pretending to be cute, don't you think this expression is a bit flattering?"
"He is happy, what flattery does a child know?"
Yun'er smiled: "In exotic terms, it's very doggy." β
"The more I talk about it, the more it doesn't look like it. Listen, your father and they are back, and Xuan'er and Rui'er are also here, just in time. What about the fish? Did you taste the fish? β
"Don't worry about it, our Chen family's eldest and youngest grandmothers are the first to taste Western pastries."
Mr. and Xuan'er and Rui'er came in, and when they saw that their daughter was also here, they asked, "Aren't you busy today?" β
Mrs. Chen said, "It's strange if you're not busy." Didn't you send her a new snack? β
Xuan'er sniffed and said, "It's so fragrant!" Can Xuan'er taste it? β
"Wash your hands first, Rui'er, and go wash your hands with your brother Xuan."
Bei Bei didn't eat enough, she was waiting with her mouth open, Xuan'er came over and took a piece, but just about to send it to her mouth, she was snatched away by Bei Bei, and took a big bite, but she choked on it, which frightened Yun'er. Mrs. Chen said, "It's okay, it's okay, hurry up and give him some milk." β
Yun'er carried Bei Bei to the inner room, untied her clothes, and Bei Bei ate two mouthfuls of milk and went down the cake. Yun'er gently grabbed Beibei's little nose: "Let you be greedy, choking, right?" It's so acute at such a young age. β
Bebe moved her feet and giggled, forgetting about choking.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Chen tasted the cake made by their daughter, which was really a different taste. Soft, fluffy, melts in your mouth.
"Master, do you think our daughter is too capable?"
"It's also good to learn more while you're young."
Mrs. Chen left a piece for Xuan'er and Rui'er, and the rest was used by the grandmother and girl in the room.
The cooking utensils, cutlery, and spices that were moved to the downstairs room in the annex began to be activated. A lot of new things have been added to Mama Jiang's kitchen. For example, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, thirteen spices, etc., as well as various sauces brought back by Yun'er, such as Ah Xiangpo hot sauce, Korean mixed noodle sauce, Xiangqi sauce and so on. There are also cooking utensils given to her by Yun'er, stainless steel steamers, stainless steel cage drawers, kitchen knives, buckets, and various detergents for washing. I was so happy that Mama Jiang couldn't close my mouth for many days.