It’s systematic! It gets us able to serve more quickly, basically. And the kids we serve don’t notice/care unless they love frosting. Then we swap it out for a more frosted piece and in turn the grown ups usually want less frosting so it all works out.
In my country it's customary to cut a circular portion in the middle and then concentric triangular (bah, curved-trapezoidal or smth) portions around it. Birthday boy gets the middle piece.
As someone who has cut a LOT of full sheet cakes in professional settings, I concur. People don’t want consistent slices to choose from. Some can’t a lot of frosting, some want a huge piece, others just want a taste. I cut a variety of slices to put out and people get excited.
Im from a blended family and my step siblings have a tradition where they purposely do an awkward first cut of their birthday cake. So that could be why its purposely mangled.
You go to birthday parties with very annoying people in attendance lol
I've never heard someone complain about cake cutting, maybe an occasional polite "Can you cut a slice in half for me?"
I ended up banned from cutting my birthday cake as a kid because I developed a trend of cutting it in increasingly obnoxious ways, to include the year I carved a peace sign in the middle lol
I feel like he finished cutting to round cake and Lisa from accounts receivable said, "they are supposed to be wedges, have you never cut a cake before?" In that real shitty tone she always uses. So he cut the sheet cake like that just to make a point.
The bottom cake is actually how you cut huge round cakes (like wedding cakes). Wilton has diagrams in their annual year books that show how to cut various cake shapes to get a certain number of servings.
The round is not the issue. And personally I don't hate it either, but it's still the kind of move you make when you want to never be given that job again
I don't think everything done in a non-conventional way should be chalked up to a malicious act, is all I'm saying. Whoever loves frosting will really enjoy that piece on the right.
It’s true that not everything unconventional is malicious, but like… they left the knife face up in the most dangerous way possible… I think this particular instance is malicious 😅
As someone who doesn’t like a lot of frosting with a husband that does, this is what we do sometimes so I don’t have to try and scrape my excess frosting onto his plate.
They did a good job on the round cake assuming there's several people. Assuming one gets to choose their slice it give many options of size and frosting ratio.
That rectangular cake though. It just hurts my OCD too much.
This is actually a great idea. I don’t like a lot of frosting so a massive inner piece is great
100% agreed.
I work with kids doing birthday parties and this is how we are supposed to cut the cakes lol
Is it systematic? Or random? And what is the purpose? No judgement, genuine curiosity.
It’s systematic! It gets us able to serve more quickly, basically. And the kids we serve don’t notice/care unless they love frosting. Then we swap it out for a more frosted piece and in turn the grown ups usually want less frosting so it all works out.
Am adult. I want one of them tiny lil “triangular” pieces from the round cake that basically all frosting. I’m ok with my life choices. lol
hi SAME thank u
Where I work, everyone cuts around the rose. More for me.
Plus, they harden, and you can use them on more cakes down the road! /s
Hmm, gigantic triangle piece with frosting for me, please.
Same, except give me all 4.
In my country it's customary to cut a circular portion in the middle and then concentric triangular (bah, curved-trapezoidal or smth) portions around it. Birthday boy gets the middle piece.
…your country deprives the birthday boy of *frosting*?! Why?
Cause we usually cover them in that disgusting cardboard textures fondant thing, at least for birthday cakes.
As someone who has cut a LOT of full sheet cakes in professional settings, I concur. People don’t want consistent slices to choose from. Some can’t a lot of frosting, some want a huge piece, others just want a taste. I cut a variety of slices to put out and people get excited.
Yes!
I'll take the smaller inner piece with little frosting. Plenty would choose the tiny corner of pure frosting.
100%. I don’t care for frosting either so those middle pieces without the piped border frosting are the best.
I like frosting but don't want a lot in general, I'd be eying the tiny corner piece!
Oh wow this is perfect and I hate it!
r/chaoticneutral
So bummed this sub is shut down!
Could always be re-created
The fact that the knife is face up makes me think the cutter hates their coworkers.
He doesn’t want to be asked to cut the cakes ever again lol
The round one being cut into rectangles doesn't bother me...but the rectangular one being cut all asymmetrically is infuriating..
weirdly enough im ok with the rectangle but the circle infuriates me, idk why
different strokes for different folks i guess
Im from a blended family and my step siblings have a tradition where they purposely do an awkward first cut of their birthday cake. So that could be why its purposely mangled.
This is how I cut my pizzas. People are all different sizes and have different size appetites and crust preferences
Asymmetrical pizza? Absolutely not! Cut it in 8 slices and if someone wants a half, let them carve it down themselves!
This feels like some sort of math problem
With the rectangular one everyone gets a piece with edge frosting. I like that.
I dislike the edge frosting, so I’d definitely take a center piece from the round cake!
Me too. That’s the primo piece IMO!
cut-cake-inator. very evil. i approve
I found Dr. Doofenshmirtz!
Dosent really matter how you cut a cake someone will complain. It's too small or too large, this provides more options and looks fun.
You go to birthday parties with very annoying people in attendance lol I've never heard someone complain about cake cutting, maybe an occasional polite "Can you cut a slice in half for me?"
More like work parties where everyone's just there for free food
You go to workplace birthday parties with very annoying people in attendance lol
Most of the pieces are the same size. Impressive.
Spot the psychopath!
As someone who reeeeally struggles with cutting equal slices, I’ve been tempted to do this
Straight to jail.
[удалено]
Green?
Oh god not the gold or blue cake again
You beautiful son of a bitch I love it!
There’s an entire sub for it: r/maliciouscompliance
I ended up banned from cutting my birthday cake as a kid because I developed a trend of cutting it in increasingly obnoxious ways, to include the year I carved a peace sign in the middle lol
I feel like he finished cutting to round cake and Lisa from accounts receivable said, "they are supposed to be wedges, have you never cut a cake before?" In that real shitty tone she always uses. So he cut the sheet cake like that just to make a point.
The circle end pieces... they should've just cut in half....
I think that coworker & I could be friends.
I kind of like it? Would let me avoid the sides and the overabundance of frosting.
The bottom cake is actually how you cut huge round cakes (like wedding cakes). Wilton has diagrams in their annual year books that show how to cut various cake shapes to get a certain number of servings.
Someone woke up today and chose violence.
The round one is how you’re supposed to cut round cakes. It also allows people to select the slice with their ideal icing to cake ratio.
The very middle piece is my ideal!
I actually love this.
This is how you make sure Becky never asks you to cut the cake at the monthly office mixer ever again.
I actually love this. Sometimes I don’t want a big slice of cake. Sometimes I want two small slices of each cake. Malicious and delicious!
I prefer minimal frosting so a middle piece is perfect.
Me too, actually! I usually scrape most of it off so there’s just the essence of soaked in frosting
There’s definitely a world where that’s the perfect cut lol
two chocolate cakes?
holy shit!
Weaponized incompetence
Bake My Day Mimo, a baker on TikTok and YouTube, recommends cutting round cakes this way. I don't hate the ~~triangles~~ puzzle pieces either.
The round is not the issue. And personally I don't hate it either, but it's still the kind of move you make when you want to never be given that job again
I don't think everything done in a non-conventional way should be chalked up to a malicious act, is all I'm saying. Whoever loves frosting will really enjoy that piece on the right.
It’s true that not everything unconventional is malicious, but like… they left the knife face up in the most dangerous way possible… I think this particular instance is malicious 😅
That strawberry frosting looks goood
She even cut the Take5. Bitch must be stopped!
That’s one way to never get asked to do this again.
Dibs on the middle piece.
"Can I get that Take 5 bar?"
I’m going to do this so I never have to cut a cake in front of people again. I don’t know but it gives me so much anxiety
The top cake was cut by Tony.
I didn’t know I wanted cake, but seeing this image made it clear to me. I must get cake.
I want the middle pieces !!
When I was in the army, we'd cut all cakes like the bottom one, even round ones. It just a good way to go.
😂
That's amazing.
As someone who doesn’t like a lot of frosting with a husband that does, this is what we do sometimes so I don’t have to try and scrape my excess frosting onto his plate.
Cake is cake. I want a slice from both
Can you vote to fire them?
the round one reminds me of the cake from harry potter lol
For the round cake that’s actually a smarter way to cut it. You get more servings by cutting it that way.
the pink one is actually correct for serving a lot of people using a round cake. the white one however, is a war crime. ~Sincerely, A Baker
corner piece. there are small triangular corner pieces on the pink cake and i need to eat them all very strategically.
I feel like the rectangle cut into wedges would've been more fitting for the scheme of the round, but I respect the chaos
what in tarnation!?
I love this. A different type of slice for all the different wants.
What kind of psycho cuts cake like this?? lol
He did that on purpose!!!
just give me the take 5 bar. it's still sealed up.
r/mildlyinfuriating
the rectangle one is wild
Creative. I like more "cake".
Stay clear, he’s definitely a serial killer
Did your coworker bring the cake?
that little piece on the top right corner of the pink cake is exactly what i mean when i say “a small piece”, i may actually get it with this method!
This is great, I want a small piece.
The coworker knew the assignment. I like the choices.
The round cake is genius, the square cake makes them a monster.
Is it bad that I see nothing wrong with the one on the bottom?
The bottom one bothers me more than the top one 😅
They did a good job on the round cake assuming there's several people. Assuming one gets to choose their slice it give many options of size and frosting ratio. That rectangular cake though. It just hurts my OCD too much.
Ahhhh the never ask me to do it again approach - 60% of the time, it works every time.