Chapter 19: Making the Cake
"I still have a few cans here, all of them are today, fresh!" The shopkeeper replied immediately.
"Give it all to me." Xiao Li motioned to Meihua to give money.
The shopkeeper who got the money couldn't close his mouth with a smile, thinking that this lady was really rich, and bought all the milk he couldn't sell today.
Although they didn't know what Xiao Li was going to do, they didn't ask too much, they always felt that Xiao Li could make something peculiar.
Xiao Li bought three cans of milk in one go, and then the plum blossom snowflake lotus hugged one can, panting and following Xiao Li.
Xiao Li wanted to make a simple fruit cake, so he went to the fruit store and bought some cherries and strawberries. The fruits Xiao Li asked for were all imported from the Western Regions, so they were very expensive, and he didn't buy much, so Meihua told Xiao Li that the money he brought was not enough. Xiao Li had no choice but to put down the blueberries in his hand, turned around and went to buy a bag of flour, and then returned to Huifu with a few people.
As soon as he returned to the courtyard, Xiao Li wanted to do it. Xiao Li herself likes to make some things by hand, she was too busy with work problems before, and she has no time to do it, but now that she has time, she has already conceived the pattern of the cake in her mind.
"Plum blossoms, where is the kitchen?" Xiao Li had already rolled up his sleeves, "By the way, prepare me a little more eggs, the more the better." ”
Because Xiao Li hadn't done it for a long time, she wasn't sure if she could do it well, so she asked Meihua to prepare a little more.
"Young lady, are you sure you want to go into the kitchen?" Meihua looked at Xiao Li and asked, because the kitchen was a place where her subordinates went, and it was a little inappropriate for Xiao Li to go.
"Well, take me there." Xiao Li nodded, "By the way, bring the things you bought today." ”
Meihua obediently took Xiao Li to the kitchen, and put the things specially prepared on the table in front of Xiao Li. The ancient kitchen is different, antique, it is the kind of wood-burning stove, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty for her.
After all, in modern times, cakes are made in ovens, and in ancient times there was nothing, and the heat was really too difficult to grasp. But Xiao Li is not the kind of person who gives up halfway, once she decides that she wants to do something, she must do it well.
"Meihua, you first separate the yolks and whites of these eggs and put them in different bowls." Because she did it from scratch, without the assistance of tools, Xiao Li alone would definitely not be able to do it alone, so she simply asked Meihua and them to come over and help her.
"Young lady, is this okay?" Meihua was a little rusty and separated the egg yolk from the egg white and showed it to Xiao Li.
Xiao Li glanced at it, nodded, and said, "You separate the egg yolk and egg white a little cleaner." ”
Xiao Li said that he gave a demonstration to Meihua, Meihua glanced at Xiao Li adoringly, nodded, and continued to do the separation work at hand.
"Young lady, what are we going to do?" Xuehua looked at Xiao Li and Mian on the side, and asked curiously.
"Go and wash all the fruits you bought today." Xiao Li saw that Xuehua was panicking, so he told her to do something.
Xiao Li not only wanted to make cakes, but also wanted to make some small bread for these girls to eat.
"Is there any yeast?" Xiao Li finished his face, looked up and asked Plum Blossom.
"Yes, there are some left over from the previous time when the house was making wine, but there are not many left." Plum Blossom stopped what she was doing and said.
"Lotus, you go and bring the yeast for me, I'll be useful." Xiao Li said to the lotus, "You did a good job, it's good, keep it up." ”
Xiao Li glanced at the egg yolk and egg white separated from the plum blossom and nodded. It's the first time I've done this kind of thing, and it's good to be able to do it to this extent.
After receiving Xiao Li's praise, Meihua smiled and said, "It's Madame who teaches well." ”
Xiao Li saw that the plum blossoms were almost done, and she was almost the same, so she asked the plum blossoms to stop.
"You go find a few pairs of longer chopsticks." Xiao Li said to the plum blossom.
Because there were no whisks in ancient times, they could only be beaten manually, which was a tiring and headache process. Although he didn't know what Xiao Li wanted to do, Meihua still prepared as instructed.
Just after the snowflakes finished washing the fruit, they ran towards Xiao Li in a hurry.
"Young lady, I'm done!" Xuehua, who was far away, began to shout, "What else do you want me to do?" ”
"Did you steal it?" Xiao Li looked at Xuehua with a wicked smile and asked, "After washing, put the fruit next to it, and I'll clean it up later." ”
"I didn't steal it!" Xuehua blushed and hurriedly argued.
This is Meihua came with a few pairs of chopsticks, Xiao Li asked Meihua and Xuehua to beat egg whites and egg yolks by one person.
"You have to beat hard until the yolks and whites are foamy." Xiao Li looked at them with a smile and said, while she began to make the cream herself. She took out a few cans of milk she had bought, mixed them with cooking oil and began to beat them non-stop.
In this way, the two began an epic egg-beating process. The two of them fought for a long time, and their hands were sore and still there was no foam, but they had no strength.
"Young lady, isn't this okay!" Xuehua asked with a sad face, no matter how strong she was, she couldn't do what Xiao Li wanted.
"It's not enough, you go and take a rest, let Ji Yue and Lotus come." Xiao Li shook his head, and saw that Meihua and Xuehua were both tired, so he let them go to rest.
After the efforts of several people, they finally achieved the effect that Xiao Li wanted, and several people were so tired that they lay on the table and didn't want to move.
"Young lady, what the hell do you want to do, we have to be so tired of beating eggs." Lotus asked curiously.
"It's the hardest step, we've done it, and then you can just look at it." Xiao Li hooked his lips confidently and said, "When the time comes, I'll give you a taste first." ”
Xiao Li followed the method he had learned before, put the flour on the beaten egg white, and then began to beat it, which made the plum blossoms look shocked. It turns out that their young ladies are so powerful, they are too vegetable.
"Plum blossoms, find a smaller, clean pot." After Xiao Li finished fighting, he ordered, "Xuehua, you go to the stove to make a fire." ”
Xiao Li poured the egg whites into a basin and put them in the pot to bake. She was always worried about the heat, so she simply drove the snowflakes up and lit the fire herself.
Slowly, a smell of cake wafted out of the pot, and Xiao Li stopped the fire.
"Wow, it smells so good!" Snowflakes were now on the edge of the stove, desperately sniffing the cake.
"Look at what makes you hungry, you have to wait if you want to eat!" Xiao Li was so indulgent that he scratched Xuehua's nose and said angrily.
Immediately, Xiao Li took out the finished cake and put it in the ice cellar to cool. Taking advantage of the cooling time, Xiao Li made a few breads and came out.
She gave the bread to the men, and they sighed almost at the same time, and asked, "What is it, young lady, it is so delicious?" ”
"You're eating bread, and it's called a cake that I just made, and it's my dessert." Xiao Li smiled slightly, "Eat more if it's delicious, and I'll make it for you in the future." ”
Ji Yue was also surprised when she ate it, although she had tasted a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, but she had never eaten this kind of dessert. The taste is fluffy and delicate, but also sweet, with an indescribable fragrance.
Xiao Li estimated that the cooling time was almost up, so he went to the ice cellar to take out the cake. Then use a clean cloth to make a pointed corner, cut off the top part and start adding cream to the cake.
Xiao Li also deliberately decorated flowers at the bottom of the cake to make the cake look more beautiful. Then, garnish with some fruit and put it in front of a few people.
"Young lady, can you eat it?" Snowflake asked, swallowing a mouthful of saliva and looking at the cake.
"I'll give you a cake." Xiao Li took a knife and divided it into several pieces for them to eat.
"Wow! This one tastes even better! Lotus's eyes widened and she exclaimed, "This white thing of the young lady is so sweet, so slippery, so delicious!" ”
"This white is cream, and I like to eat it too." Xiao Li also took a bite of the cake and tasted it.
"It's delicious! If only I could eat it every day. Snowflake closed her eyes and said with a look of enjoyment.
In fact, Xiao Li hasn't cooked me well, and the bottom of the cake has been burnt a little, and it tastes a little mushy, but it's already very good to be able to make it like this for the first time, and it's perfect to control the heat next time you do it.
Originally, Xiao Li thought that she would have to do it many times to succeed, but she didn't expect it to succeed once, which made her a little happy.
"Our efforts have not been in vain!" Plum blossom tasted it and sighed. You know, they just beat an egg white and made them tired and didn't want to move.
"If you want to eat, do it in the future, you should have already learned how to do it." Xiao Li said while eating.
"I want to eat what the young lady made!" Xuehua blinked and said, "The young lady made it delicious!" ”
"Okay, I'll make it for you next time!" Xiao Li smiled helplessly, she really liked this cute little girl, she was very energetic.
"Young lady, don't you want to give this to the old lady as a birthday gift?" Xuehua seemed to think of something in a blink of an eye, and suddenly realized.
"Yes, you little clever ghost!" Xiao Li didn't hide it, after all, they all knew what to do, and it didn't matter if they knew, "Don't say it!" We're going to surprise grandpa! ”
"Don't worry, we won't say it!" Snowflake swore an oath, then drooled as she looked at the last piece of cake left on the table.
"Okay, okay, you can take the last piece and eat it!" Xiao Li saw that Xuehua looked like a little gluttonous cat, like her when she was a child, she couldn't help but smile and let Xuehua take the last piece of cake away.
"Hehe, thank you, young lady!" Xuehua quickly took the cake away and said to Xiao Li with a smile, "Young lady, you are so good to me!" ”
"Clean up when you're done, don't let anyone find out!" After a few hours of baking, Xiao Li was already too hot to be able to do it, her face was flushed, and she needed to go out to breathe now.
She walked to the Bihe Pavilion to enjoy the scenery and enjoy the coolness, the Bihe Pavilion was cool, the wind was very strong, and it was a cool breeze, which made Xiao Li's heart very happy.