Food: How come this boss knows everything?

Chapter 78 Paper Umbrella Cake

Nine in the morning.

Fangda Square Pedestrian Street.

Li Rui was preparing a new snack in the kitchen - umbrella cakes.

This is a snack full of childhood memories.

He remembered it very clearly. The small pink box was filled with cake and cream, with a small decorative umbrella on top.

When I was a kid, whoever had an umbrella cake would be able to brag about it with his classmates all day long.

First, bake the bottom layer of cake.

The ingredients used in the cake are very common and they happen to be available in the kitchen.

Beat the eggs in a bowl, then add appropriate amount of sugar, milk and flour.
Then stir evenly in a bowl.

Until the batter is smooth and there are no obvious particles.

Put it in the oven at 160 degrees and bake for 30 minutes.

For the cream, Li Rui chose the animal cream that did not need whipping.

Compared with vegetable butter, animal butter tastes a little easier to digest.

When vegetable cream was first invented, it was considered a miracle in the food industry. It was low-cost, easy to shape, and found in many foods.

However, as people pay more and more attention to health, trans fatty acids in vegetable cream are gradually becoming less accepted by people.

And the most important point is that the texture and taste of vegetable cream are not as good as animal cream.

However, the small flowers framed with animal cream will quickly lose their shape if left at room temperature for a few hours.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Rui arrived at the park of the Workers' New Village.

But this time, it wasn't just the nearby residents who were waiting for him.

There were actually a few young couples there.

"Wow, it really is the pancake maker."

"I didn't get to eat when he was in the school cafeteria."

"It's okay, baby. I brought you to him. Let's try the fried cakes he made this time."

Hearing these people's conversation, he was a little puzzled.

How did the students from Jianghai University get here?

Don’t college students go to class?

At this time, a familiar-looking classmate walked towards Li Rui's dining cart.

This boy seemed somewhat out of place among the couples around him.

Li Rui counted the number of people.

Sure enough, this student was the odd number.

"Boss, give me something sweet." said Zhang Xin.

Zhang Xin is the only single guy among his roommates.

Yesterday, I found Li Rui’s trace on the Xiaohongshu APP.

I originally wanted to go on a food exploration with my brothers.

But I didn't expect to be surrounded by my roommates and their girlfriends and fed a mouthful of dog food.

So while a few couples were being affectionate, he was the first to line up at the front.

Li Rui smiled and asked him, "Would you like to try the new umbrella cake?"

“Is this sweet?”

"It's sweet."

Zhang Xin nodded heavily: "Then I'll do one."

Then Li Rui decorated the flowers with pink whipped cream and placed them on the cake.

The bottom layer of the umbrella cake is the baked cake.

The surface is a layer of cream.

At the top is a cream rose on top of the glutinous rice tray.

Of course, the little umbrella is indispensable.

Li Rui handed the small pink box to Zhang Xin.

"Five dollars each, please enjoy."

"It's over, boss."

After paying the bill, Zhang Xin sat alone on a bench in the park.

The appearance of the umbrella cake was the same as his memory when he was very young.

He remembered that he loved playing with that little umbrella the most.

But the pink rose made of cream is now a bit dazzling.

He scooped up the rose with a small spoon and ate it in one bite.

The small glutinous rice tray inside adds a chewy texture to the cream petals.

The petals are pink and taste sweet.

Full of milky flavor.

Zhang Xin took out his cell phone and took a photo of the paper umbrella cake with its petals eaten away.

He opened his circle of friends.
Then edited a paragraph of text -

"Oh, this is what love feels like."

After Zhang Xin, several other couples also gathered around.

They were somewhat curious about Li Rui's departure, and used their college students' imagination to the fullest:
"Boss, is our cafeteria too dark?"

"Yeah, there aren't many really good pancake shops in school. They're probably jealous that your pancakes are selling so well."

Li Rui explained to them that he would change his taste after doing it for a while.

Several students seemed to see through Li Rui's unspeakable secret.

They even consoled themselves:

"But you're doing well the way you are now. I heard someone bought a house by making money from selling pancakes."

"It's so much more free to work on your own, it's better than working in a cafeteria."

"Come on, boss."

Li Rui smiled and said, "Thank you for your good wishes. What would you like to eat today?"

"Boss, we both want a piece of roasted sweet potato and two cups of sour plum juice. This roasted sweet potato smells delicious."

"Wow, it's in a tin bucket, what an old-fashioned style."

Another couple.

Boy: "Boss, I saw someone post a check-in guide for the Old Pier on Xiaohongshu yesterday, saying that your fried cakes are especially delicious. Let's buy two to try."

Li Rui finally understood after hearing this.

However, the girl in the couple frowned and said, "Little Red Potato, check-in guide? Who sent it? Let me see it!"

The boy looked a little flustered. Yesterday's photos were still on his phone. "No, I didn't check them. Brother Xin showed them to me."

"Brother Xin, Zhang Xin!"

"Huh? Where are the others?"

The girl pouted, obviously not satisfied with her boyfriend's reaction.

Zhang Xin sat behind them and also had some opinions about this roommate.

When there is something going on, he is Brother Xin, and when there is nothing going on, he is Brother Bi'an, right?

After several students from Jianghai University left, residents near the Workers' New Village took over Li Rui's food truck.

Looking at these lively young people, the old people are also very happy.

"It's better to be young."

At this time, an old lady came to the dining car holding her little grandson.

"Boss, let's buy two pieces of fried cakes and a cup of sour plum soup."

The little grandson in her arms hasn't gone to kindergarten yet.

But Aunt Song often teaches him to read, so the little grandson is very curious about words.

He grabbed Aunt Song's newly permed hair:

"Grandma, grandma, how do you pronounce these words? What's small?"

Aunt Song gently took her grandson's hands away from her hair and looked at him lovingly.

"Xiaobao, don't grab grandma's hair."

Then he pointed at the words on the sign and said:
“Paper Umbrella Cake”

"What is a paper umbrella cake? Is it delicious?"

Aunt Song is no stranger to this.

She explained to her grandson:
“It’s just a piece of cake with a small umbrella stuck on it.”

"When your father was a child, he got 100 points on the test, so your grandmother bought him one as a reward to encourage him to study hard."

"I don't usually buy it for him."

After hearing this, the little grandson immediately became excited:
"Grandma, I want to eat this. I don't want fried cakes anymore."

Aunt Song immediately changed her tone.

"Okay, okay, whatever Xiaobao likes to eat, grandma will buy it for you."

Then he said to Li Rui, "Boss, don't make fried cakes. Change it to a small umbrella cake."

(End of this chapter)