Shaohua is Junqing

When the Queen Mother celebrated her birthday, all the ministers had to present gifts. Siyu had nothing, so she couldn't present a very expensive gift, so she wanted to present a special gift.

Beitang Mo Ran was busy preparing for the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, and Si Yu was also busy with her own things.

The dining room of Prince Chen’s Mansion.

Siyu was standing in front of a large iron wok stir-frying flour. When the flour turned slightly yellow, she took it out and put it aside.

She then took four eggs, separated the egg yolks and egg whites, put them in two large bowls, added milk, flour and cooking oil to the egg yolks, and stirred them. Next, she had to beat the egg whites. Because there were no electric egg beaters in ancient times, she had to beat them by hand, and she couldn't stop in the middle until they were beaten. So it was quite laborious. Fortunately, there were many skilled craftsmen in ancient times, and Siyu asked someone to make a manual egg beater.

She held the egg whisk, looked at the egg white liquid in the bowl in front of her, took a deep breath, and encouraged herself: "Siyu, you can do it, let's start." Then she put the egg whisk into the egg white liquid and stirred it quickly.

Seeing this, you should be able to guess what Siyu is going to make. That’s right, it’s a birthday cake.

Siyu stirred for a while, and the egg whites slowly turned into egg whites. However, she still needed to continue beating, but her hands and arms were already so sore that she had to stop halfway. Siyu put down the egg beater, turned her wrists a few times, beat her sore arms a few times, and sighed helplessly.

Siyu is thin and weak, lacks strength and stamina, so beating the egg whites is a bit difficult and she can't do it, so she plans to find someone to help.

"Pony, please do me a favor."

"Just as the princess ordered."

"You are a martial artist, so your strength and endurance are much stronger than those of ordinary people. I would like you to help me beat the egg whites. Stir quickly in one direction with even force, and do not stop in the middle until it is well beaten."

"What does it take to fight well?"

"When the egg white turns completely white and can stand up when picked up, I will watch from the side and call for a stop if it is ready."

"I have never done this before, so I will try my best. Please forgive me if there are any shortcomings."

"It's okay, you do it first. If it doesn't work once, we can try a few more times."

"Yes, I will obey, little one."

Siyu handed the egg beater to Xiaoma, who started beating the egg whites as she asked. Martial artists are different from ordinary people, they have great strength and endurance, and soon the snow-white egg whites appeared. Siyu kept staring at it, and when she felt it was almost done, she called out to stop.

Xiao Ma stopped what he was doing and said, "Princess, please see if it works. If not, I'll try again."

Siyu picked up the whipped egg whites with a spoon and found that they could stand up, with a good consistency and shape.

"Good, it worked, thank you, Xiao Ma." Siyu was very happy.

"My Lord, you are welcome."

"How's your hand? Is it sore?"

"Thank you for your concern, Princess. I just feel a little uncomfortable. I will be fine after a rest."

"That's good, go and have some rest."

"Yes, please excuse me."

Now that the egg whites are beaten, you can make the cake base.

Siyu first added one-third of egg whites to the egg yolks, stirred evenly, then added another one-third of egg whites, added sugar, continued to stir evenly, and finally added the remaining one-third of egg whites, added some sugar, and stirred evenly, and the egg batter was ready. Siyu found a large porcelain bowl, smeared cooking oil on the inner wall, poured the stirred egg batter into it, spread it evenly, and then shook it gently.

There were no ovens in ancient times, only ground pots. Siyu added water to the iron pot in advance and put a grate on it. After the water boiled, she put the porcelain bowl containing egg batter in it, then covered it with a lid and started steaming. She didn't know if it would be successful.

While waiting for the cake base to be steamed, Siyu started making the cream. She took four eggs, took only the egg whites, beat them, added a little salt, a drop of white vinegar, and a spoonful of sugar, and continued beating. When it was slightly thicker, she added a spoonful of sugar and continued beating. When it was thicker than before, she added another spoonful of sugar and continued beating. After beating for a while, the egg whites became thicker than before. Siyu picked them up with a whisk and found that the egg whites could stand up, which meant it was successful.