In the opinion of baking master Liisa Westerberg, a cake shovel is often a useless product.
A spread cake on the festive table is a familiar sight to many. Adobe Stock / AOP
As the name suggests, the cake shovel is intended for cutting cake. However, times have changed, and pastries along with it.
– Before, the cakes were often cream cakes, i.e. really soft-based. They may very well be cut into pieces with cake shovels, says Westerberg.
Still, he doesn’t recommend it.
With a thick knife, you get much neater slices. Due to its width, it also works for lifting logs.
Changing the cake shovel to a thick knife could prevent a familiar situation at many parties: the last eater would be left with more than a scattered pile of fillings.
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You should cut a wide starting piece from the party cake.
– Then the cake can be put into motion, advises Westerberg.
– When the first person tries to cut a thin piece, and everyone picks it up with a cake shovel, it’s already destroyed.
For slicing cheese, mousse and sandwich cakes, the knife is an absolute must.
Hard base and salty fillings won’t cut without a blade. An ordinary cake shovel destroys the shape of such pastries.
Few think about it, Westerberg believes.
– A lot of cake shovels are sold because people think that you have to have a cake shovel, he laughs.