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Chapter 163 Sponge Cake
"Sponge cake originated in the Qing Dynasty and has a history of a hundred years. It is a true Chinese intangible cultural heritage delicacy." Following Wu Guoliang to learn Baian, Yu Jian gained the most not only skills, but also insights.

From ancient times to the present, Wu Guoliang can count all the cakes that have been recorded and not recorded in the book.

Among them is this ancient method of water-steamed sponge cake.

Judging from Ji Liangyou's tone, it seems that he will do it too.

Wu Guoliang glanced sideways, raised his eyebrows at Yu Jian, pointed at Ji Liangyou and said, "You, Uncle Ji, are good at making sponge cakes."

Wu family's unique knowledge, once steamed, once fried.He, Wu Guoliang, used an oil pan, and the heat was turbulent; while Ji Liangyou used water steaming, which has a long history, and the skills of this white case also pay attention to the distinction between civil and military.

Yu Jian felt a small flame burning in her chest. She had been studying muffin cakes for a while, but she couldn't reach the soft and sticky feeling that Wu Guoliang said, so she couldn't help but became anxious: "Uncle Ji, can you—"

"Uh-huh!" Before he could say anything, Wu Guoliang coughed on the side.

Yu Jian stopped suddenly, her face was embarrassing, she was indeed abrupt.

On the contrary, Ji Liangyou glanced at Wu Guoliang in surprise, and began to joke: "Guoliang, what are you doing scaring the little girl! Isn't your Wu Guoliang's apprentice the apprentice of our Wu family? What is there in the Wu family that she can't learn?"

Saying that, he took off his coat and threw it on his son's face, rolled up his sleeves, and strode towards the kitchen, not forgetting to wave to Yu Jian: "Come on, I'll only do it once..."

Yu Jian got up quickly, walked two steps and then stopped, turned to look at Wu Guoliang, saw him nodding, then quickened her pace and entered the kitchen.

With great difficulty, Ji Jue pulled off the coat wrapped around his head, heaved a sigh of relief, and just wanted to complain about his father, but found that Wu Guoliang was the only one left, so he couldn't help asking, "Where is he?"

Wu Guoliang pointed to the back, leaned back on the rocking chair and began to shake.

Ji Jue took two steps with his coat, then turned around and asked him, "Uncle Wu, aren't you cold?" It was so cold that the branches of the trees in the yard were frozen hard, so Wu Guoliang wore a coat. A light jacket, still on the rocking chair, this is the so-called... cool?

He shrank his neck and shook his body, it was really cold.

"The old-fashioned sponge cake sugar should be homemade. You should be optimistic. The method of making sugar is very important." Ji Liangyou asked Yu Jian to clean the big casserole, wipe off the water stains, pour a large bowl of white sugar into the casserole, and add Added a little water, and started to boil on a small fire.

During this process, Yu Jian stared at it for a moment, until Ji Liangyou raised a small brush and carefully brushed it bit by bit along the side of the pot.

Ji Liangyou said: "This is for the purpose of fighting against the sand."

Wait until the bubbles change from large to small, and the sugar water gradually becomes thicker. Take a chopstick and dip a drop into the water. When the sugar meets the water and turns into cotton wool, it is ready.Turn off the heat and let cool, wait until the surface of the sugar water freezes, then stir vigorously with chopsticks until it becomes completely soft and white.

Yu Jian said silently from the side: "So that's how it is." The stirring of the sugar water couldn't be stopped, otherwise it would be mottled into lumps, which is why she failed repeatedly.

Mix glutinous rice flour and sticky rice flour according to the ratio, boil the water and steam in a steamer, sieve the steamed flour once to ensure the fineness of the flour, then add cake sugar and yogurt in turn, stir evenly, grasp into granules and sieve again , repeated twice.

The stuffing is still the jujube paste stuffing made by Yu Jian. Ji Liangyou praised: "Your stuffing is well adjusted, and it will be sweeter if it is a bit more. Do you use honey?"

Yu Jian stood quietly by the side, and only answered when he saw his question: "Yes, add honey water in small amounts and often."

Ji Liangyou smiled and stopped talking.There was no mold he used to in the small kitchen, so he had to find one at random. First, sprinkle a layer of mixed glutinous rice flour on the bottom, compact it slightly, apply a layer of filling, and then cover with a layer of glutinous rice flour. Plastic knife to scrape flat.

The last step of this muffin is steaming.When the water boils, it is boiling and bubbling, put the steamer on the pot, and steam for [-] minutes.

The freshly made sponge cake has the sticky feeling of mochi, and it is firm and elastic when pinched.

Ji Jue also took one, took a bite and looked at his hand in disbelief, his accent changed back to a Taiwanese provincial accent with excitement: "Father, you did a good job today~ This mini-sized one will not be eaten until you finish eating it." It will make people feel more satisfied!" The muffins made by his father are as big as the screen of a mobile phone, and one is enough.

"Also ~ change the stuffing too. The sesame stuffing is so sweet that it sticks to your teeth and turns black every time after eating. It's not hygienic at all! The date paste stuffing from the little boss is better, I feel loose Cake has become a lot more advanced..." After opening the chatter box, Ji Jue started to complain endlessly.

Ji Liangyou's face turned from white to red, and then turned black, and the way he looked at his son gradually changed from warm and gentle to stagnant and cold.

"Is the sponge cake I made so bad?" There was a smile on the corner of his mouth.Yu Jian silently took a step back, always feeling that this smile was creepy.

Ji Jue chewed the sponge cake in his mouth, his eyes were still looking left and right, and he didn't pay any attention to the people around him.He nodded casually: "It's okay, it's just ordinary, ordinary..."

Yu Jian mourned for this unlucky child for three seconds, quickly picked up the plate with three muffins left in her arms, turned a corner, and slipped out the door.

really--

A second later, Ji Jue's heart-piercing screams and Ji Liangyou's suppressed roar came from the kitchen: "I want you to speak ill of me..."

"I don't dare anymore..." The cries came out aggressively, and the birds on the dead branches fluttered their wings and flew high——

Yu Jian and Wu Guoliang looked at each other with knowing smiles.

Two days later, Ji Liangyou hurried back to Taiwan Province, but left Ji Jue behind.The child was unwilling to go back with him, and also intended to apply for transfer to the capital. Ji Liangyou pointed at his forehead and nodded for a long time, and finally said: "I'll let your mother take care of you!"

Unattended by adults, Ji Jue begged his grandpa and grandma for a long time, and finally got Wu Guoliang's consent to temporarily live in Yu's small courtyard.This made him so happy, he chattered like a little sparrow: "Little boss, I adore you. Your sentence: 'Yu's restaurant will not fail.' is simply too domineering!"

After a while, he felt sad again: "If only I had your courage..."

Yu Jian's heart jumped, and she vaguely felt that there was something in his words, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Ji Jue's dejection lasted only a few seconds, and then he raised his head and returned to his heartless look, and waved his hands: "No! I just think you are not very old, but what you say is very responsible look."

"Someone once told me: relying on mountains and mountains, relying on the flow of water. Parents will die one day, and relatives and friends will also leave one day. Only yourself is the most reliable one." Yu Jian chuckled lightly, her gaze Gradually drifting away, there is a stern but caring voice in my ear.

He said: "Yuanxi, in this vast world, only I can stand forever."

(End of this chapter)