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There are few things more satisfying to a home chef than cutting into a well-crafted cake lathered in homemade frosting. Whether you're making a rainbow layer cake for an upcoming birthday or a simple ...

According to mathematician Alex Bellos, most people are cutting their cakes incorrectly when they cut it in triangular pieces, like a pie-chart. But a better method for cutting cake has existed for ...

Cut the cake straight down the middle, then cut again at a right angle so you have four quarters. In each quarter, make one ...

CHRISTMAS suggests cakes, and these the wish on my part to describe a method of cutting them that I have recently devised to my own amusement and satisfaction. The problem to be solved was, “given a ...