Once all the fillings are done, place them on a baking sheet and brush them with egg yolk and a little sesame.
Then it was stuffed into the preheated oven.
This kind of dry oven is not as good as an electric oven because the heat is difficult to control. If the heat is too high, the flower cakes will turn into lumps of coal, and if the heat is too low, the flower cakes will be heated unevenly.
Therefore, Yan Xia personally oversaw the process.
The first batch is always handled with extra care.
Yan Xia sat by the stove, never leaving its side.
Even if it's so hot that you're sweating profusely.
"Mother, let your daughter burn the fire."
Guihua had finished cleaning the shop. She took out the handkerchief her sister-in-law had given her and wiped Yanxia's sweat.
She said with heartache.
"No need, it will be ready in a little while."
The temperature in the dry furnace is very high.
A batch can be ready in just 20 minutes.
There are 30 in one pot.
There are 20 rose-flavored flavors, five of which are dendrobium flower and five are lily-flavored.
"Mom, it smells so good!"
Jin Fu returned carrying the signboard.
"I could smell the aroma of pastries from far away. I thought it was coming from the shop next door, but it turned out to be my mother's shop. These flower cakes smell so good."
They haven't had lunch yet.
Jin Fu's stomach was growling with hunger.
"Don't rush, it'll be ready in a minute."
Yan Xia said with a smile.
She stood up and glanced at the sign.
Yan's Pastry Shop
The five large characters are written in regular script.
The signboard has a black background, while the lettering is painted gold.
It looks very grand.
Time's up.
Yan Xia started cooking.
The aroma filled the air the moment the baking tray was taken out.
Everyone simultaneously took a breath through their noses.
"It smells so good!"
"Mom, this flower cake smells delicious!"
"Oh, shopkeeper, are these pastries? How much are they?"
A strange voice was mixed in with the daughter and daughter-in-law's words.
Everyone turned to look at the doorway.
A slightly older woman was seen lifting the shop's curtain and peering inside.
"Sorry, we're not open yet."
Yan Xia spoke apologetically.
"Shopkeeper, can you sell me some? It smells so good! I smelled it from far away and thought it was from the pastry shop next door. But when I went inside, I couldn't smell it anymore. I was just about to leave when I smelled the aroma coming from your shop. Is this pastry? I've never seen it before."
The woman had already entered as if they were old friends, and she looked at the flower cakes on the baking tray.
His eyes widened.
"These are flower cakes that our shop sells exclusively. There are three flavors. A bag costs half a tael of silver and contains five cakes. We will start selling them tomorrow."
Yanxia's pricing is the same as Yishangpin's.
It's incredibly high-class.
"That's so expensive! You could buy a bag of osmanthus cake at Yi Shang Pin for that price."
The woman gasped.
I'm a little reluctant to part with it.
"Well then, since you're the first customer, I'll give you a piece to try as a courtesy. It's fine if you don't buy anything; it'll just be a good opportunity for us to taste it."
Yan Xia hasn't tried it yet, so she doesn't know how it tastes.
She picked up the tongs, took out a rose-flavored flower cake, and handed it to the woman.
"Be careful, it's a little hot."
The woman pulled a handkerchief from her waist.
I held the flower cake in my palm and accepted it.
She couldn't wait any longer and took a small bite.
The steaming hot flower cake has a crispy and crumbly outer crust, while the rose filling inside is baked to a sweet and soft texture.
The two flavors are mixed together.
The woman squinted her eyes in happiness.
"Mmm—delicious, so delicious! This is the first time I've ever had a flower-flavored pastry."
One bite after another.
She quickly devoured the palm-sized flower cake.
The woman wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, embarrassed.
"I want to buy them now! Give me one bag, no! Two bags!"
This is a billion times tastier than that damn osmanthus cake!
Yan Xia did not refuse again.
There were thirty flower cakes in total, which was too much for the group to finish.
So, there were ten flower cakes in total from the two bags. Yan Xia gave her eight rose-flavored ones, one each of dendrobium flower and lily flavors.
The bag was handed to the woman.
He pocketed a tael of silver.
The woman left the shop with a beaming smile.
"Mother, this..."
"You've already earned one or two taels of silver??"
Jin Fu stared blankly, his mouth agape.
He was completely terrified.
It was only ten cakes, yet it sold for one tael of silver.
Oh my god.
Farming the land for a year only yields a few taels of silver.
I never knew running a shop could be so profitable.
Yan Xia never expected that her first business venture would be so successful.
She picked up a warm flower cake and put it in her mouth.
It really tastes good.
Especially these flowers, perhaps because they are wild, have a particularly strong floral flavor, and when you take a bite, you can even feel the juice sliding on your tongue.
Mixed with an incredibly flaky outer layer.
No wonder that woman immediately bought two bags.
"You should try some too."
Each of them took one piece.
A few seconds later, gasps of amazement rose and fell.
The flower cakes received unanimous praise.
Yan Xia then ate a piece of flower cake with dendrobium flower and a piece of flower cake with lily flavor.
It has a unique flavor; compared to the cloying sweetness of rose, the fresh and delicate fragrance of dendrobium flowers lingers in the mouth for a long time.
The lily scent evokes the feeling of being by a river in early summer, with a gentle breeze carrying its intoxicating fragrance.
"The taste test was a success, so we'll start selling it tomorrow."
Yan Xia took a sip of hot water and announced the successful conclusion of the tasting event.
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