Traveling through the mountains and fields to be leisurely

Chapter 157 Birthday Cake
"What have you prepared?"

"According to your wishes, a pair of gold-encrusted jade earrings, two bolts of brocade, and a pair of matte gold walking shoes are prepared for Mrs. and Miss."

Chunhua let the eldest lady and the eldest young master into the main room of the main courtyard, pointed to the gifts prepared on the table, and showed Lan Lingxue and the little hoe. When the little hoe saw the pair of earrings inlaid with gold and jade, he knew My sister's gift is so high-end. These two pairs of earrings are high-end things at first glance. Needless to say, pure gold is inlaid. There is actually a pair of pink jade and a pair of sapphire. Jade is extremely rare, and the price will naturally not be low, let alone the four bolts of brocade, which are not materials that can be bought casually.

"Sister, don't you need to be so expensive?"

Didn't I agree, don't look too extravagant, will such an expensive gift make people feel pressured?

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive. There are many more expensive things than this. I just pick things that are neither important nor important, so that people won't think we're contemptuous, and they won't think we're too polite."

Only now did the little hoe realize that the preciousness he said was not on the same level as the preciousness that his sister said. In fact, he should have been prepared when he was choosing things in the shop just now. Those finger rings and finger cots are not expensive. of,
"Okay, that's all, pack it up."

As soon as he saw Little Hoe's eyes, he knew that he had fallen in love with something.
"Okay, there is only one last item left, we still have time, let's go to the shop."

Lan Lingxue hurriedly pulled the little hoe into the carriage, and before leaving, she still didn't forget to introduce to the concierge and servants at home that this was her younger brother, and let them remember him. From now on, the little hoe would go back to live in the house Yes, if you are turned away by people, it will be lively.

"Come, come, come, let me show you something new today."

When they arrived at the store, Lan Lingxue led Chunhua and Xiaohoe to the back kitchen directly,

"Master Jing, where can we buy fresh milk near us?"

Lan Lingxue asked the chef who made the cake in the back kitchen. Usually, the chef is the first to know what good things are nearby, because of their professional relationship, they will always pay the most attention to these things.
"Does Missy want milk or goat's milk?"

Sure enough, I didn't ask the wrong person. I only heard Master Jing ask this question, so there must be fresh milk nearby.
"As long as it's fresh milk, milk is the best."

"That's just right, two shops away, that family just gave birth to a little son a few days ago, but he didn't drink the nanny's milk, so..."

Master Jing, who was talking happily, heard a cough and saw Chunhua coughing so hard that his face turned red before he realized that the young lady in front of him was still in her boudoir. Coughed up.

"Okay, okay, I don't pay too much attention, let's talk about the business first, I'm waiting to use it."

It's just a matter of breastfeeding, it's worth it, make these two people awkward like this,

"Young master has been starving for two or three days. Their family members have no choice but to change a few wet nurses...cough cough...it didn't help. Someone thought of a way to let them feed some milk, goat's milk, etc. Try it, and it really worked out, their family raised a cow in the yard."

It really didn't take much effort.

"That's such a coincidence, Master Jing, can I trouble you to go to the shop next door and help me buy some milk. I'm going to make some new food, so it won't delay the young master's food, right?"

Master Jing laughed,

"Miss is really funny, such a little kid, how can he drink the milk of a whole cow, the milk that their family squeezes out every day is divided among our neighbors, and we also drank a lot of milk in excuses Well, you wait, I'll go get you some milk."

Master Jing walked out of the shop in a hurry, the eldest lady finally said that she needed something, but she couldn't delay it.

"Master Jing, remember to give some money to people, don't use other people's milk for nothing."

Lan Lingxue told Master Jing tightly,

"Their family won't ask for it. There is too much milk. If you can't drink it, it will be disposed of."

In the past few days, even my own shop has been allocated a lot of milk, but it hasn't been delivered today.
"That's different. I usually drink it for yourselves. If you don't want money, you don't want it. But this time I have a lot of use. I can't use other people's things for nothing. You just pay the money. If they really don't accept it, Don't force it, I will return this gift later."

"Understood, Missy, I will make it clear."

Master Jing walked quickly, but the little hoe was a little curious,

"Sister, what on earth are you going to do? It's so mysterious."

"My sister is going to make a birthday cake."

"Birthday cake, what is that, a dessert?"

"It can be regarded as dim sum, but it is much more advanced than dim sum, and it is guaranteed to surprise you."

Thinking of her favorite vanilla ice cream cake in her previous life, Lan Lingxue was full of misses, but those were just misses and could only be kept in memory.

Lan Lingxue got the milk that Master Jing wanted back, and began to arrange the back kitchen in the pastry shop, poured out half of the milk, let a back kitchen boil it, and then let it cool, the top layer of milk skin is cream, But Lan Lingxue was afraid that this amount of cream was not enough. She also heard that there is a way to make cream, which is to use a high-speed centrifuge to stir the milk to separate the cream. But there is no centrifuge right now, so the only way is to do it by hand. , the rest of the cooks started to do this work, stirring vigorously with the egg beater in turn to see if the cream could be whipped out. This really made Lan Lingxue a little uneasy, after all, she had never done it before, so I don’t know Whether it will be successful or not, Lan Lingxue is also a little embarrassed to see the back cooks sweating profusely and their hands and feet are limp, but the final result is satisfactory to Lan Lingxue, although it is not pure and thick cream, it is just some Light cream, but this is already good. Looking at the separated cream, Lan Lingxue was very excited.

But seeing that everyone was so tired that she wanted to stick out her tongue, Lan Lingxue also felt very sorry. After all, she was the one who tormented herself, but...

"Today I will teach you how to make a new pastry. We call it a birthday cake. This cake can be used as a celebration on someone's birthday, because it is not only sweet and smooth in the mouth, but also because it looks very delicate, Beautiful, very suitable for a gift, and a very special gift!"

It has to be said that Lan Lingxue has captured the hearts of the chefs. Once she becomes this profession, she will love this profession. Hearing that there are new tricks, she forgets her tiredness one by one and surrounds Lan Ling beside the snow,
"Let's make the cake base first. I want to make a three-layer cake, so I need to make three cake bases, large, medium and small. The flour should be sifted through a fine sieve, and egg yolk and honey should be added to it. Add a little water and stir well, put it aside for a while, then put it into a round container and bake it in the oven.”

Lan Lingxue was teaching the chefs how to make cakes while directing them to do it, but Little Hoe was snickering at the same time. My sister used to do everything by herself, but now she has learned to be lazy. She only moves her mouth without hands. Lan Lingxue found out , glared at him hard, and warned him not to speak.

"You guys help me get some rose juice, sweet-scented osmanthus juice, chrysanthemum juice... Anyway, get the colors more complete."

Now, although there are not so many pigments for your own use, the store has created a pigment made of flower juice or vegetable juice. This is pure natural, without any chemical preparations, and it is quite safe to eat, and the taste is also delicious, with petals or the light fragrance of the dishes,
"Bring me the cream."

Lan Lingxue still commanded,

"cream?"

The people in the back kitchen still don't understand what butter is?

"Hey, it's what you just made. This thing is called cream, and the part that floats on the top after cooking and cooling is also called cream. Let's add some powdered sugar to the cream, add some egg whites, and continue Stir it and let it form a sticky paste."

After another toss, the cream was finally successfully presented in front of Lan Lingxue. At this moment, Lan Lingxue was deeply satisfied. See, as long as you use your brain, there is nothing you can't do. Moreover, there are many strengths Great, everyone's wisdom and strength should not be underestimated.

"Now there is only the final process left. You have to be careful. No matter how delicious the cake is, if it is not beautiful, it can't be considered a success. Take a closer look."

First spread a piece of colored oiled paper, put a piece of hard round cardboard on it, then spread a piece of oiled paper of the same size that is cut just right, and then put the big cake that has been baked and cooled on it. The cake is slightly smaller than the round cardboard, which is exactly the size Lan Lingxue imagined. On this big cake, she sprinkled some fruit dices she prepared, and then put the second medium-sized cake base , also sprinkled a lot of fruit granules, and finally put the third small cake, this is the embryonic form of the birthday cake,
"Wow, it's so beautiful. It turns out that pastries can be arranged like this."

The chefs who watched by the side gave out admiration. These golden pastries are really beautiful when they are stacked layer by layer.

"This is called a cake, because we put egg yolks in the dough for making desserts, and we also put egg whites in the cream that will be spread later."

Lan Lingxue corrected the name of the chefs. Although she didn't know the origin of the cake's name, there should be nothing wrong with explaining it this way. Anyway, it really has eggs in it.
"I still want to spread cream? How do I spread it, on the outside of the cake?"

I have to say that these pastry chefs are still very capable of learning, and they have already accepted this name so quickly.

"Well, look at it, apply it like this, layer by layer, evenly, not too thick, but apply it all, don't miss it."

Lan Lingxue spread the cream on the cake bit by bit. Although the tool for spreading the cream was not smooth, and there was no turntable when making the cake, Lan Lingxue was really satisfied. This was done once a year in her previous life Since she has the ability, all the birthday cakes in her previous life were DIY by herself. She hopes that she can keep it and create her own happiness.

(End of this chapter)