Dishes that don’t shine are not good dishes

Advancement (Middle and Lower)

“Your share.”

Xie Yunfei’s expression was very calm, neither a smile nor the slightest bit of dissatisfaction appeared on his face. He just walked up to Akakubo Momo and said so in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

Akane Kubota didn’t answer, but her slowly raised right hand already said everything.

It’s not just Akakubomomo, but the five judges on the side also picked up the plate with the cake and brought it in front of them.

Unlike Akane Kubotamo who first made a round cake and then divided it into several parts, the works presented by Xie Yunfei are actually more in favor of small cakes in terms of classification.

The part of the cake that is in contact with the plate, that is, the base is a layer of cake slices less than one centimeter thick, with very clear brown baking marks on the edges. This layer of cake slices seems to be the sponge in the three cakes Xie Yunfei made previously. The cake, while perfectly soft like the other two, was slightly denser in texture.

On the top of the sponge cake, there are countless nearly tetrahedral chestnuts cut into the same size. Don’t peel off the chestnuts, the surface is light yellow, the texture is clear, and it also exudes a faint fragrance of chestnuts. The chestnuts are arranged very neatly, looking like a perfect circle from top to bottom, but if you look carefully, you will find that there are not no gaps between the chestnuts, but most of these gaps are only one or two millimeters, and there is still a gap between the chestnuts. It was painted with white cream.

“Gudu—”

One of the judges couldn’t bear it any longer, and swallowed quietly. He forgot to attach a microphone to his collar, and it was obvious that the sound of his swallowing resounded in every corner of the venue.

However, this judge was also thick-skinned. A look of embarrassment flashed across his face, and then he opened his mouth and laughed, “Hahaha, this cake is really delicious.”

The other judges did not speak, but they also showed expressions of approval on their faces.

Above the chestnut layer, there is a small piece of cake that is slightly different from the base cake layer. The cake is also round, but the area of ​​the circle is nearly one-third smaller than that of the base cake, and the color is lighter. It seems to be because plusIt doesn’t matter how much egg yolk is added.

There are no baking marks around the cake slice, but it looks very smooth and complete. There is no other reason. The entire cake slice, except for the lower layer that is in contact with the chestnuts and cream, is covered by the pudding on the top of the cake slice. middle.

The bottom of the pudding is wide and the top is narrow, and the surface is smooth, like the skin of a baby. After the plate was picked up by everyone, the pudding began to shake from side to side, but maybe there is still something on the top, and the shaking range is not large, but Not small either.

Some timid viewers looked at the pudding displayed on the screen, and even closed their eyes in fear, as if the next second, the cake would instantly collapse due to the shaking of the pudding.

The worries of these viewers are unnecessary.

Needless to say, the softness and elasticity of the pudding are excellent, and the toughness in it is beyond the imagination of many people.

One of the judges didn’t believe in evil, and deliberately shook the plate, wondering if there would be a problem with the cake.

However, the eggs…

The cake decorated by Xie Yunfei is like countless rocks throughout the ages. No matter you are blown by wind or rain, I will not move.

“Excellent presentation.” After several attempts, the judge was defeated and sincerely admired the young man standing not far away.

Xie Yunfei didn’t speak, but smiled, and made a gesture of invitation to the five judges and Qian Kubotao beside him.

The five judges no longer hesitated, picked up the spoons, and started tasting.

As for Akane Kubomomo…

Biting her lower lip, she seemed to be a little bit unwilling. She pointed to the last layer of cake above the pudding, “How did you do it? Why didn’t this layer of cake fall off?”

Unlike the base layer and the middle layer, the top layer of the cake should not be represented by “slice”. The cake on this layer is in the shape of a cone, with countless white sugar scattered on it, which can be viewed from a distance. , like mountains covered with snow.

Qian Kubotao was amazed by Xie Yunfei’s decoration of the cake, but she was even more surprised that the judges not far away were shaking the plate so vigorously, why didn’t the top cake slide out with the kinetic energy?

Xie Yunfei saw Qian Kubotao’s doubts, but he didn’t mean to explain. After hearing the words, he just smiled, “Guess.”

“M~” Akakubomomo puffed up her mouth, showing a dissatisfied expression. In fact, she also understands the current situation, many details in cooking, not to mention Xie Yunfei, even she is unwilling to announce it in the dessert competition.

I can only… find out the answer by myself?

Glancing at the young man in front of him with some resentment, Akane Kubomomo lowered his head, held the plate in his left hand, and picked up the fork in his right. Lift up the top cake slice.

Akane Kubomomo originally thought that such an action should be very easy, but to her surprise, there seemed to be some special structure between the top cake layer and the pudding. When she lifted the fork for the first time, Akane Kubomomo unexpectedly The cake was not pulled up, and after mental preparation, it was only after a little effort that the cake and pudding were completely separated.

Seeing the cake whose appearance was destroyed by himself, and the inverted conical structure on the surface of the pudding, Akane Kubomomo was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

Glancing at the young man next to him, seeing that the other party did not show any dissatisfaction, Akane Kubomomo was not polite, and tore off the pudding layer and the middle cake layer wrapped by it.

In the next second, the situation inside the chestnut cream layer between the base cake slice and the original middle cake slice appeared on the large screen above the venue through the camera not far away.

Even the layer of chestnut cream that should not be exposed outside is surprisingly complete in structure. The outermost circle of chestnuts is followed by simply decorated cream, then a layer of chestnuts, a layer of cream, and then a layer of cream. … No one thought of piping brown cream, or rather, chestnut puree!

It wasn’t until this time that Qian Kubotao suddenly came to her senses. She suddenly raised her head and looked at Xie Yunfei, “The cake you made is based on Mont Blanc?”

Montblanc, one of the masterpieces of French desserts, has a very strong seasonality. It will be available in autumn and winter when the chestnuts are ripe. Apart from some ingredients commonly used in making cakes, chestnuts and chestnut paste will be added to the final product. Because it is very similar to Mont Blanc, it is named Montblanc cake.

Although it is slightly different from the orthodox Mont Blanc in appearance, the dessert in front of me is indeed Mont Blanc.