"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 4/5/2015 7:13 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 4/5/2015 7:04 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Sat, 4 Apr 2015 22:09:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>> I will make Angela whatever she wants from what we have but
>>>>>> she's still sick too. ... She's making a cake right now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Everyone on Planet Bove bakes cakes when they're sick and can't cook
>>>>> for themselves.
>>>>
>>>> No. But she did make it with very little help from me and it looks
>>>> nice. Not sure if it will get eaten. She had put the trimmed scraps in
>>>> a bowl but then didn't feel like eating them.
>>>
>>> I know I'll regret asking, but she "put the trimmed scraps in a bowl"?
>>> What does that mean? What trimmed scraps?
>>
>> I guess you don't make cakes?
>
> I've baked plenty of cakes in my life. They were baked in round tins and
> did not require "trimming" before icing. Sure, I know about trimming them
> if they are for presentation. But who on earth would she be presenting it
> to? You? LOL

I have always trimmed them. And it's not just for presentation. I'm sure
that you know that you must put the two flat sides together so the top
doesn't crack. If you get enough height on that cake, it's going to be
rounded. So one of two things would have to happen. Either you put a big
ring of frosting around where the cake will sit so it will sit flat, or you
trim it. *shrugs*