A divorced evil lady bakes cakes

“What… ?”

The unexpected sound stopped Serena in her tracks.

“A model…?”

“Yes, a model.”

Serena looked up at Erin’s face as she spoke, and the people around her wondered what all the fuss was about.

Erin was nonchalant.

She looked at Serena as if it was obvious.

“What’s the matter? I clearly wrote in the letter that I would send you a cake model in advance.”

The cake was the model made by Melly.

It was an elaborate model made of cotton wool, clay, and paint.

Even the white ganache cream and the flowers were real.

To create this model, Melly even bought a lot of perfume.

She mixed the perfume with a little vanilla essence and sprayed it liberally, and it smelled like a delicious chocolate cake, just like the real thing.

The first time Erin had used a cake model like this was during a victory event three years ago.

Most wars are fought around spring or winter time.

That’s because people are busy farming during the summer and early fall, and winter was too cold.

So the victory ceremonies were often held around late spring or late fall.

But that year, the war with the eastern kingdom was fought in early summer.

So they had to hold the victory event in the middle of summer.

However, If you display a huge five tier cake standing up all day in the middle of a crowd of people, the cream would definitely melt and spoil by evening time.

Erin discussed it with her maids, and at last came to the simplest solution.

It was to decorate a model cake during the day, and then replace it with the real cake at dusk.

The real cake would be put away in a storage room in the palace kitchen and then they will replace it with the model when everyone was busy in the outdoor banquet hall during dinner.

The method was very successful.

When the people returned to rest after dark, the maids were able to cut and distribute the delicious cakes.

No one noticed that the cake had been switched.

“I thought Lady Serena might want to put it on display beforehand. 

Erin asked when she was done explaining.

Serena immediately remembered what Erin had written in her note before.

(Dear Serena,

I'm sending you a decorative cake before hand so youcan put it on display on the food table.It would be nice for guest to see the cake before they eat it.

)

“Is that what… it meant?”

“Yes, Of course. Lady Serena asked me to make her a cake full of white chocolate, and Chocolate is more susceptible to heat than whipped cream, don’t you know? When I say I’ll send a decorative cake in advance, It meant, that I’ll be sending you a cake model.”read only at salmonlatte . com. This annoying watermark is not there.

“And the actual cake?”

“I brought it myself .Lady Serena had invited me, so I thought I was supposed to bring it along.

Serena fell silent.

Erin immediately chimed in.

‘Did she realize that it was a cake model?’

Of course she didn’t, which is why Erin did it.

Serena’s methods were always simple.

She never thought about a more elaborate and sophisticated approach.

So far, she’d been able to torment Erin in that simple way.

Erin smiled wryly and added,

“Since you ordered a cake earlier, I thought Lady Serena would have preferred it that way.”

“I guess since Lady Serena had never organized an imperial event before, so you didn’t know about this.”

Erin gave her a wistful glance, she meant to say,

‘You’re never in a position to officiate an event hosted at the imperial palace that’s why.’

Serena’s beautiful face turned as cold as ice.

The onlookers said nothing.

Not only the Brennan’s, but also the high ranking nobles realized what was happening and remained silent.

Then, just in time, Calix’s servant arrived with a box of cake.

It was the real cake that she had brought on the carriage.

“Ah, yes. The Real cake. If you don’t mind, I’d like to take it out now and put that ugly thing away.”

Serena said, while gesturing for the maids, who quickly removed the ruined cake model.

Then they took the real cake and placed it on the table.

When they finally removed the box, A white and lustrous cake emerged from it.

Even though it was made of white chocolate, it wasn’t as white as snow.

White chocolates are usually a soft white color with hints of ivory.

The three-tiered cake was topped with an abundance of paper-thin slices of white chocolate.

It actually looked like a layer of snowflakes.

Peonies bloomed modestly next to the sweet white chocolate cream.

The flowers also caught everyone’s attention.

Erin had carefully crafted those thin petals out of white chocolate and layered them petal by petal to create these lush white flowers.

The graceful blooms graced the top of the cake elaborately.

“Oh, it’s beautiful.”

Someone whispered in admiration.

The maids cut the cake into small pieces, placed them on plates, and handed them over to the guests, all of whom were momentarily distracted by the beauty of the cake.

Everyone tasted it with curiosity, then astonishment.

The first thing they tasted was the rich flavor of the white chocolate cream.

Then came the genoise, which was a fluffy cake sheet that melted in the mouth.

Between the cake sheets was a white chocolate cream that was sweeter and richer than the cream on the outside.

The sweet chocolate flavor melted fantastically with the fluffy genoise.

It was a sweet, flavorful cake that wasn’t overly sweet, but still had a distinct taste of white chocolate drizzle.

It was really a great flavor.

“This is delicious.”

“Yes, it is.

“It’s comparable to the cakes made by the imperial patisseries.”

“Honestly, this is better than what I had at the palace, and it’s not too sweet.”

Everyone exclaimed their admiration and took a piece of the cake in front of them.

When it was finally given to everyone, only a small piece was left.

It was almost a shame.

The Brennan’s couldn’t exactly exclaim in praise due to the pressure from Serena.

But after a few more tastes, they couldn’t help themselves and put the cake down.

The only one who didn’t seem to enjoy the whole thing, and was holding her own plate, was Serena herself.

She was still smiling, formally tasted it once and smiled and thanked her.

But her fingers trembled slightly as she picked up her fork.

“It’s delicious, thank you, Miss Erin.”

“It’s, Lady Erin.”

“What?”

Erin smiled sweetly and corrected Serena’s address.

“You should call me Lady Erin, Lady Serena. 

“Someone who lives in the palace shouldn’t be ignorant of etiquette.

Serena remained silent with her plate for a moment before she finally answered.

“Yes, thank you, Lady Erin.”

“Well, when the ball is over, I want you to find the maid who ruined the cake Model that way. 

“… Yes.”

No one said it out loud, but everyone knew what was going on.

Erin had completely won this battle of wits.

“Did it go well?”

Calix, who had been waiting patiently, finally approached Erin.

“Yes. 

He handed Erin the glass of wine a servant had brought over.

Sweet Erin set the wine glass down and said,

“Thank you. 

Erin’s stomach lurched.

Calix chuckled slowly at her expression.

“You look satisfied. 

The platinum white wine with grape flavors quench her thirst a little.

“I think I’ll head back now.”

She doesn’t really need to stay any longer.

She needed to wake up early and get ready for tomorrow’s business

“Okay. 

She didn’t think it was necessary for her to say goodbye to the owner of the mansion to leave, and Calix was probably not in the mood for greetings by now.

Erin climbed into Calix’s carriage and they left the Brennan Manor together.

It was now pitch black.

Outside the marketplace, a view of the darkened capital was clearly visible.

Erin looked back at Calix and thanked him.

“Thank you for coming with me today.”

She felt a pang of guilt, knowing that Calix had heard something unpleasant from Raymond for coming with her.

No one knows why Raymond despised Calix, but the other nobles didn’t want to pry into the reason behind their sibling rivalry.

Erin had felt sorry for Calix because of this for a long time.

“Why does he hate you so much? It’s not like you ever did anything wrong to him.”

Raymond’s animosity towards Calix, despite his occasional spitefulness was beyond description.

“No.

Calix only smiled pleasantly.

“Next time you go somewhere like this, be sure to take me.”

“Yes.

Erin turned her attention back to the window.

The silent night passed quickly beyond the interlocking panes of glass.

One familiar street led to another, and then to a street she didn’t recognize at all.

As Erin stood still, looking out the window, she asked with a puzzled tone.

“Excuse me, where are you taking me?”

“To my mansion. Why?”