Shaohua is Junqing

The dining room of Prince Chen’s Mansion.

Siyu vaguely remembered the ratio of flour, milk and eggs needed to make steamed cake. In order to be more precise, she asked Caidie to find a small scale, weighed the milk and flour separately, and then mixed them with the egg yolks. She also added some yeast, sugar and salt, stirred well and set aside.

"Xiao Ma, it's up to you now. Just like yesterday, keep stirring the egg whites in one direction. I'll let you pause and add some sugar in the middle."

"Little understands."

Xiao Ma started beating the egg whites. Siyu stopped him three times and added sugar three times until the egg whites were beaten until the meringue would not flow out when the mixing bowl was turned upside down and the meringue could stand up.

"Okay, Xiao Ma, go to the side and rest for a while."

Siyu added egg whites to the egg yolk paste and stirred evenly, then poured it into a large porcelain bowl. Today, she steamed it in cold water, and asked Caidie to light a stick of incense after the steam started. Siyu planned to see if the steamed cake could be made before deciding whether to continue making the cream.

The time of an incense stick passed quickly. Siyu looked at the steamer in front of her with some nervousness. She took the big porcelain bowl out of the pot. The cake base in the bowl was formed, but she didn't know if it would be good after demoulding. She turned the big porcelain bowl upside down on the chopping board. After it cooled down a little, she knocked it hard a few times, and the cake fell off. She carefully took away the big porcelain bowl and saw that the cake base was still standing upright, which meant it was successful.

"Great, it worked." Siyu shouted happily.

"Congratulations, Princess."

"Colorful Butterfly, Little Pony, the two of you should go to the market and buy some fresh fruits or anything else. Come back soon."

"Yes, county lord."

The two of them went to buy fruit, while Siyu started to make the cream. After the cream was ready, Siyu cut the cake base into two pieces, and she was going to make a fruit sandwich cream cake. Caidie and Xiaoma came back soon, and bought mangoes, strawberries and peaches, which were exactly what Siyu wanted.

Siyu first spread cream on a piece of cake base, cut the cleaned fruits into small pieces and placed them on top, then spread another layer of cream on it, then covered it with another piece of cake base, and finally spread all the remaining cream on the cake and placed the remaining fruits on the top. In this way, a fruit cream cake was ready.

"It's done."

"My Lord, what are you doing?"

"This is called a cream cake. If you eat it on a birthday, it's called a birthday cake. This is the birthday gift I want to present to the Queen Mother."

"This gift is so unique. This is the first time I've seen it."

"Everyone will definitely give very expensive gifts to the Queen Mother on her birthday. Although there are many rare treasures in the Prince's mansion, they are not mine and cannot represent my feelings. Since I have nothing and cannot afford expensive gifts, I might as well make a special gift myself. Regardless of whether the gift is expensive or not, it is a token of my love."

"That's right. I think the Queen Mother will like it."

"Cakes cannot be stored. They must be made and eaten immediately. The one I made today is a test product. I will make one for the Queen Mother's birthday. Both of you must follow me."

"no problem."

"Just at the princess' command."

"Okay, let's clean up the kitchen quickly so as not to disturb the chefs. Also, today's dessert is fruit cream cake."

Siyu cut half of the cake and planned to give it to Beitang Moyan to try, and asked Caidie and Xiaoma to share the other half with other maids and servants.

Siyu brought the cake to Mingyaxuan, but Beitang Moyan was not there. She then went to Qiushuangting, but he was still not there. Just as she was wondering, she saw a maid passing by.

"Wait a minute."

"What do you want, Princess?"

"Have you seen the prince?"

"I have not seen the prince today."

"Go and ask the chief steward to come over."

"Yes."

Zheng Fu, the chief steward of the palace, came to Qiushuang Pavilion.

"The county lord."

"Uncle Fu, do you know where the prince has gone?"

"Early this morning, the prince was invited by the Minister of Rites to discuss matters."

"Okay, I understand. If the prince comes back, tell him that I'm waiting for him at Mingyaxuan."

"Yes, I have remembered it."

"This is the fruit cream cake I made. Uncle Fu, please try a piece." Siyu brought a plate and handed it to Zheng Fu.

"Thank you, Princess, for the reward."

"Uncle Fu, please ask someone to find some ice cubes and bring them to Ming Yaxuan."

"Yes."

"Okay, Uncle Fu, go get busy."

"Old slave, please retire."