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The perfect layer cakes assemble with flat, even cake layers. But so often, cakes are domed on top when they come out of the oven. Baking with cake strips minimizes doming, but even the tiniest domes ...

Cutting a cake seems easy enough, if you don’t happen to eat the entire thing yourself. Grab a knife, cut a few slices, then pop the rest in the fridge. Well, according to science, we’re doing it ...

Forget how to cut a cake to ensure all the little gremlins (read: children) get the same-sized piece of cake. Apparently, our biggest worry when it comes to kids’ birthday parties is how to slice the ...

You, a pro cake eater, don't need instructions on how to cut a piece of cake. It's, well, a piece of cake, right? You, a pro cake eater, don’t need instructions on how to cut a piece of cake. It’s, ...

Advice on how to cut a cake—that ritualized moment of childhood birthdays and symbolic bride-and-groom bonding—usually centers on producing equal slices, to keep jealous kids from squawking and sugar ...