Which Knife Do I Choose For Trimming Cakes ??? ...
Decorating By Mikel79 Updated 30 Jan 2010 , 3:46pm by kse
Hi All!
I want to invest in a good knife for trimming the SIDES of my cake. I like trimming them to a perfect round shape. Sometimes when cakes settle they have little bumps in them I like to level out.
Do I buy a serrated knife? Do I buy a smooth edge knife? I went to
Wal-mart this morning and these were the two basics blade types I saw. I just don't know which to use....
Any help is appreciated....
I'm curious too! I read a thread not too long ago about cutting cakes and someone (I think it was indydebbie) said to never use a serrated knife, but it was in regards to cutting slices from a finished cake, not carving a cake...
In Sharon Zambito's video about Fabulous Fondant (or maybe Flawless Fondant?), she uses a serrated knife, but doesn't say which brand. HTH
Any brand will do. Just as long as it's serrated. I would suggest getting one that at least as long as your cakes are tall (a 6" should do fine) and another that's longer. The longer one would be used for carving cakes and the shorter one would be used for trimming the edges.
I use a larger I think like 8 in serrated bread knife and a 4 in super sharp paring knife. Having the larger one is good for larger sections and the small one is good for harder to get to sections or like more defined places on a cake.
I use a larger I think like 8 in serrated bread knife and a 4 in super sharp paring knife. Having the larger one is good for larger sections and the small one is good for harder to get to sections or like more defined places on a cake.
I use the same thing. Works great
Quote by @%username% on %date%
%body%
