"Dimitri" > wrote in message
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> Cheating - I prefer to call it "tricks of the trade' or Tricks in the
> Kitchen.

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> What do you have in your bag of tricks ?
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When baking a cake that's to be decorated, bake ahead and freeze the layers
while still a little warm. Fully wrap them in plastic wrap when frozen but
don't wait so long that they can dry out. When ready to frost, use a bread
knife to even the layers, then frost while still a little frozen. This
always (for me at least) results in a cake that is moist and level.