How to slice a birthday cake without messing up the decorations.

In order to make your birthday party go as smoothly as possible, you can use a very common item that most of us keep in our homes all of the time. Your cake will be sliced before the guests arrive and the cake will look untouched.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• dental floss
• sheet cake

1. Take your cake out of the box and place it on the table. Pull out a piece of dental floss about 4-6 inches longer than the cake (enough so you can hold the floss tightly in each hand without touching the cake with your hands). Wrap each end of the floss around your index fingers.

2. Hold the tightened floss over the cake evenly and push it down into the cake making a straight, even cut into the cake all the way to the bottom of the cake.

3. Let the floss loose on one end and pull it through with the other hand. If you have a brand new package of floss, throw that first piece away and pull out a new piece for your next cut. If you are unsure of how much floss you have, you can reuse the pieces after pulling them through a clean paper towel or napkin. I always buy a new package of floss when I purchase a cake. Floss doesn't go bad and you can always use it for flossing your teeth anyway.

4. As soon as you've made slices the length of the cake then use the same process for the slices going in the other direction. You'll end up with perfect little squares (or not so little, if you desire) and you will have enough cake for every guest at the party.

Tips & Warnings

• Use your imagination to make rectangular or diamond shaped slices if you choose.
• Make sure your floss is clean and tight each time you use it on the cake because it has to be tight in order to go straight into the cake without smearing the decorations.
• Make sure you remember to pull the floss out of the cake and throw it away before you start serving cake to your guests!

[LadyFrey]

on 10/26/2008 I love this tip! I've used it, and it works wonderfully.

[FamilyGurl4eva]

on 10/21/2008 I'll keep this in mind next time i make a cake