Serving layered cakes?
Another important question a la "Assembly order of BLT sandwich?"
When serving a slice of a standard frosted layer cake, do you
1) serve it standing upright?
2) serve it on its side, with the top layer of frosting to
the left?
3) serve it on its side, with the top layer of frosting to
the right?
You may not believe it, but this is a running joke in our
family.
*I*, being right-handed, am a proponent of #2, the reasoning
being that I work from right (cake bottom) to left (top layer
of frosting) to get the maximum sugar hit toward the end of
the eating, whereas Mrs. Beitel votes for #3 for reasons that
elude me entirely, she also being right-handed and someone
who likes to leave the top-layer-frosting-sugar-hit to last.
No one here votes for #1 by virtue of the fact that it only
really works for really fat slices, and although we can be
as piggy as the next person, the size of the slices we're
willing to take practically guarantees that they'll fall over
(thereby becoming cases #2 or #3) on their way from the
serving platter to the consumer.
Victor: Could you please add this and the group's consensus
on "Assembly order of BLT sandwich" to the FAQ?
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Silvar Beitel
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