This week’s WFMW is a 2-for-1 special!
It’s much easier to cut brownies with a plastic knife than a metal one, for some reason. It just is. I don’t know why. But try it if you don’t already do this, and you’ll be amazed at the difference.
Also: if you have to cut a cake at a baby shower/wedding/any event with a cake that it’s not in the pan, take a long piece of dental floss and pull it tight between your hands, and just slice through the cake. It’s easy to see if you’re making a straight line (well, easier than with a knife, at least) and it doesn’t make such a mess. After you cut straight down into the cake, pull the floss out through the bottom – don’t pull it back up through where you just cut. My mother-in-law taught me this trick!
For more of what works, go to Rocks In My Dryer.
Yeah, and the best part is that it doesn’t ruin the design on the cake. I always carry some when I’m asked to cut cake at weddings. Which, by the way, is the worst job to be asked to do. “Hey, will you be a bridesmaid? Hmmmm . . . and what about you? Will you serve food to my guests?”
Ok, I’m done.
I learn so much here! I’ll have to try these tricks soon. Thanks!
I really could have use the whole cutting brownies with a plastic knife idea on Halloween as I tried hopelessly to cut brownies in a coffin shape.
Wow….amazing!
I will try this…..where have I been?
That plastic-knife-on-brownies tip is amazing! I just tried it this morning and I can’t believe what a difference it makes compared to a regular metal knife. Now my natural left-brainedness is pondering the “why” of that.
Thanks for the tips!
I love the floss tip! But my cake designs surely don’t deserve it.