Chapter 25 Birthday Gifts
Yue Li doesn’t like longevity noodles. If it’s an ordinary family, it’s naturally awesome to make longevity noodles.
But this is the palace. The person he needs to give gifts is the emperor. He just makes a bowl of longevity noodles, which is too shabby.
The longevity noodles can be made for the cheap father in private. On the day of the emperor's birthday, all civil and military officials congratulated each other.
Everyone's gifts will be displayed, just a bowl of longevity noodles, and Yue Li really can't take it.
She thought deeply, what should I eat for my birthday in modern times?
Birthday cake!
Yue Li's eyes lit up. The birthday cake can be made more fancy and more beautifully designed, so it can be completely outdated!
"Does our Jing'an Palace have a kitchenette?"
Since you have decided to make a birthday cake, you can't make it again when you are about to come. What if you forget what steps you have or messed up the temporary cake?
"Princess, of course there is a small kitchen in Jing'an Palace, and there are all ingredients in it!"
Yue Li smiled with satisfaction. She got up from the imperial chaise longue and decided to go to the kitchen to experiment now!
In the kitchen, Yue Li recited a series of ingredients and asked them to help find them.
The most important thing in making birthday cakes is cream. Yue Li beats a few eggs in a bowl and separates the egg yolks and egg whites.
She first added some white sugar to the egg white bowl, and used the egg whites to demonstrate the egg whites in one direction a few times, then gave Xundong the bowl of egg whites, and ordered:
"Just like I just did, I kept stirring quickly in one direction. If you are tired of stirring, you will pass it to the next one. You will continue stirring the next one. Have you heard it?"
They nodded and signaled that they understood.
Yue Li walked around the kitchen twice, and she was thinking about a question: What should I do without an oven? Can I just steam it?
What will happen if steamed? Yue Li hasn't tried it in the 21st century, but now he can only try it by steaming it first.
She took out a bowl, added some cooking oil and milk to the bowl and mixed it for a few times, and then added flour to mix it into a batter.
At this time, you can add the just-separated eggs, and Yue Li added three egg yolks.
Because it was just the first experimental cake, she didn't know what would happen if she made it.
Then stir until stir well.
Yue Li raised her head and looked at the palace maids, and was trying her best to get rid of egg whites.
She smiled softly, always very interesting.
She walked up to the people, checked the egg whites, and before she could finish it, she signaled them to continue to beat it.
Yue Li was extremely glad that she wore a princess and had many palace maids accompanying her.
If she had to whip the cream with her bare hands, she sighed, but it wouldn't work. Even after making a cake, she would feel that her hands were ruined.
A stick of incense has passed, and Xundong finally came out of shouting.
Yue Li hurriedly walked over and looked, and scooped a spoonful of the butter with a small spoon, and found that he could make a hook upside down. It was done, and he could use it.
Yue Li took the bowl of cream to the previous bowl of batter and ordered: "Go and boil the water in the pot."
Yue Li added one-third of the cream to the batter, stirred from bottom to top, and then poured the bowl of batter into the cream and continued to stir evenly.
The surrounding palace maids had never seen such a fresh thing before, and they stood beside them and watched.
"Look at the water to boil?"
After looking over there, he replied, "Okay, princess!"
Yue Li found a round-bottom mold, but I don’t know what it is for. It depends on the shape, but it is very suitable for steaming cakes.
She poured the batter into the mold, spread it flat, and then placed it on the table and vibrated for a few times.
I found a disk from the kitchen utensils and covered it onto the mold so that I could steam it in a pot.
She carefully put the batter into the pot, covered the pot and told:
"Precaution the fire, don't lift the lid of the pot!"
It was already very hot in June. Yue Li couldn't stand the heat wave in the kitchen, so she ordered someone to set up a chair at the door and lit a stick of incense. Now she didn't know the passage of time, so she could only look at the incense.
It's right.
Yue Li sat at the door and guarded her. There was a little palace maid beside her afraid that she would be hot, so she was diligently slapping her.
Half of the incense stick passed, and Yue Li thought that it was already done inside, so she went into the kitchen, uncovered the lid, and wanted to cover it with something and take it down.
But Panxiang saw her movements and quickly stopped her.
"Princess, don't go, the fire is in danger, let me take it down for you."
Therefore, Yue Li could only stand and wait.
Seeing Panxiang grab a veil, wrap around the edge of the mold, she took it down in one go, and put it on the table.
Yue Li had ended up with the veil in Panxiang's hand wrapped around the plate covered, took it off, placed it on the table, wrapped it in the mold, and carefully shaking it on the table for a few times.
The little palace maids found a large plate, Yue Li put two pairs of chopsticks on it, then pressed the mold upside down on it, waiting to cool down and remove it.
Whether it is successful or not, it depends on how it is released.
The palace maids around took a deep breath and they smelled a particularly sweet smell, which was coming from the round thing.
I didn't expect this finished product to be like, after all, their princess has never been in the kitchen.
But the fragrance coming from now made them think that their princess is so amazing! The first time I cooked, I didn’t burn the kitchen, but instead made something that smelled very attractive.
I don’t know if it will be delicious, but everyone couldn’t help but think of it.
Yue Li was also a little nervous. After all, it was her first time making steamed cakes. The steps were all based on the test of the cakes. She had no tools for the available amount, so she couldn't get it.
Finally, the cake in the mold cooled down, and Yue Li carefully took off the cake.
A round and fragrant cake that was not collapsed appeared in front of everyone.
Yue Li carefully cut it into small pieces, took a bite, and the taste was soft and sweet...
Yue Li's eyes widened when she ate, it was this smell!
Unexpectedly, the first time I used steamed, Yue Li cracked her mouth with a smile.
He signaled to the palace maids and came to share the food.
This time, they can make a successful cake, and their help is indispensable. This first test piece will give them a taste of freshness.
Yue Li walked into the study with satisfaction. She wanted to think about it carefully and she should make a birthday cake with the same appearance.
Try to be as good as possible and delicious as possible.
But what should I use to dye the cream then?
Yue Li thought secretly, could she use some flower and plant juice to dye the cream?
Chapter completed!