Qiaohu Cake (including detailed chiffon cake making process and decorating process)

Overview

My son’s classmate, who is also the daughter of my husband’s colleague, is a loyal fan of Qiaohu. She asked her mother to buy a Qiaohu cake for her third birthday. Her mother had to post on WeChat for help. She happened to buy extra whipped cream when making her son’s birthday cake, so she made him a cute Qiaohu avatar. Isn’t it cute

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. After unmolding the cake, cut it into three slices and use a knife to create a slope on the surface

  2. Prepare materials and tools for whipping cream

  3. Add salad oil and stir evenly to fully combine

  4. Add milk and sugar one by one and mix well

  5. Sift in low-gluten flour

  6. Use a silicone spatula to stir in a Z-shape. Do not stir too much to avoid gluten formation in the flour

  7. Add a few drops of white vinegar to the egg whites, beat until thick and add the first portion of sugar

  8. When the egg whites gradually become thicker and scratches appear, add the second portion of sugar

  9. Beat until wet peaks form, and when a small chicken tail-shaped hook appears when lifting the egg beater, add the third sugar

  10. Finally, lift the egg beater and an upright triangle will appear. Shake the egg beater and the triangle will not collapse. It means dry foaming and the egg whites are beaten.

  11. Pour one-third of the egg whites into the egg yolk paste, use a silicone spatula to stir-fry the vegetables, be bold and stir-fry as long as you don’t stir in circles

  12. After mixing evenly, pour all the egg yolk batter into the remaining egg white batter, and continue to stir like stir-frying

  13. Mix well and pour into an 8-inch cake mold. Shake vertically on the chopping board several times to release big bubbles

  14. Put it in the middle and lower rack of the oven, this is what it looks like for 20 minutes

  15. This is what it will look like for 40 minutes. You can cover it with tin foil and bake for the last 20 minutes. Turn it upside down immediately after taking it out of the oven and demold it after overnight. If not overnight, it will take four to five hours to completely cool before demoulding.

  16. After unmolding the cake, cut it into three slices and use a knife to create a slope on the surface

  17. Prepare materials and tools for whipping cream

  18. Add white sugar to the light cream, and beat patiently until a small upright triangle appears. Shake the egg bowl but it does not fall over, and you are done

  19. Take a piece of cake, spread the cream on it, and smooth it with a knife

  20. Sprinkle with raisins

  21. Cover with the second piece of cake and spread evenly with strawberry jam

  22. Cover the third layer of cake, apply more butter, turn the decorating turntable, and slowly smooth the surface with a spatula at a 45-degree angle

  23. The edges are also smoothed and sloped. The surface does not need to be too smooth, but the shape must be round and regular

  24. Break open a piece of Oreo and insert it on both sides of the head to make ears. Use a thin tool to draw a tiger pattern

  25. Scoop some cream into a small bowl, use a toothpick to pick out some yellow coloring and mix well, put it into a piping bag, and use a small round piping nozzle to make small dots on the surface of the cake

  26. It’s beginning to take shape, so do some dots on your ears

  27. Dot the mouth in the same way, put chocolate into a piping bag, melt it in water, cut a small hole, and draw eyes, beard, etc.

  28. Finally, my son discovered that his nose was missing, so he cut a triangle out of dark chocolate and it became

  29. Isn’t it cute and delicious? You can make Doraemon, Angry Birds and other cartoon cakes in the same way. Dangdangdangdang