To cut the sponge cake with a knife, get a long, thin-bladed knife like the one usually used for bread, and a table knife. With the help of the smaller knife, make a mark along the entire ...

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 ...