80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 581

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 581 – The Irresistible Cake (1) 

Translator : Moon Lee
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Although the housewives didn’t say it out loud, Chu Qiao could guess what they were thinking, and it certainly wasn’t anything good. 

They were probably criticizing her for being wasteful.  

“I’ll just buy egg cakes from the store. This oven is too expensive.” 

One housewife said regretfully. 

Her child loved cakes and asked for it every few days.  

Chu Qiao smiled. 

“Actually, you can bake cake without an oven. The first steps are similar, except instead of baking, steam it. It’s equally as tasty.

“Can you steam it too?” Xiao Chu, please tell us quickly how you steam it and for how long.

The housewives instantly perked up.

It was a relief not to need an oven.

“Steam over high heat for around seven or eight minutes. Steaming it for too long will spoil the flavor. You can try it.” 

The oven timer went off, and Chu Qiao took out the cake. 

She made a cake base, which would be transformed into a lovely cake after being spread with cream and fruit.

“It smells amazing! How do you know so much, Xiao Chu? You can even make Western pastries!”

The aroma of the cake made the housewives drool. 

They watched Chu Qiao remove the cream from the refrigerator, pour it evenly over the cake, and decorate it in the typical bakery style, which was both visually pleasing and delicious.

“I learned it from a book. Tomorrow is my dad’s birthday, so I’m making a birthday cake for him.”

Chu Qiao glanced up at the clock. There were still fifteen minutes left before school was over, she got just enough time. 

She filled a piping bag with cream, ready to decorate the cake. 

In her previous life, she had taken specialized courses in Western-style baking, so cake decorating was her expertise.

She piped a ring of florets around the cake and adorned it with a few tiny flowers.

The housewives stared in astonishment as Chu Qiao decorated the cake with stunning floral arrangements that were even more exquisite than those sold by the bakeries.

She retrieved a kiwi and an apple from the cupboard. The fruits ripened to a delicate texture.

After peeling and slicing them thinly, she artfully placed them on top of the cake. In no time, a simple but gorgeous fruit cake was ready. 

She set the cake on the table, covered it with a lid, and organized her utensils before heading to pick up the children from school.

When she turned around, she noticed the housewives staring at her in startled stillness, their eyes wide as if they were witnessing an exotic spectacle.

Chu Qiao couldn’t help but laugh and say, “I’m going to pick up the children now.”

“Oh, right, we should get started to prepare dinner too.”  

Snapping out of their daze, the housewives filed out of the room. 

Once Chu Qiao was gone, they immediately burst into excited discussion.

“Xiao Chu made an absolutely gorgeous cake. She must have received proper training, right? I’ve seen cakes from Western-style bakeries, and they’re not as gorgeous as this.”

“She clearly has training. Did you see how she piped the cream flowers? With a few squeezes, a lovely blossom appeared. If any of us attempted, we’d definitely end up with a mass that resembles poo.”

“Ugh, why did you have to make that comparison? “That is disgusting!”

“Well, that’s the truth! What makes it so disgusting? “A crop’s bloom depends on the manure, we all come from rural backgrounds, so why pretend otherwise?”

“Who’s pretending? Just because we’re from the countryside doesn’t mean we have to talk about poo and pee all the time. Seriously!”

The women separated on bad terms, but their reconciliation would take no more than three days. The boat of their relationship was pretty solid.

Chu Qiao first went to pick up Dabao. 

The little boy was beaming, walking briskly with his red scarf fluttering in the wind. 

As soon as he spotted Chu Qiao from afar, he dashed over.

“Auntie, I got a perfect score on my math quiz!”

He had finally gotten a perfect score, which meant he could ask his grandpa to return.

Dabao had missed grandpa tremendously since he had not been around to help him with his homework for the past few days.

“You’re amazing! There’s a surprise waiting for you tonight!”  

Chu Qiao looked over the test paper, and the bright red ‘100’ lifted her spirits. 

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