• March 29, 2024

That's why the cake fork is missing a corner!

Did you take a closer look at the cake fork? No? Then you should definitely catch up. The smallest member of the cutlery family hides a big secret. Reason for emerging speculation offers a missing corner in the outer teeth.

Did the error devil sneak into the production hall? No, this blemish is pure intention. In the past, cakes were a source of serious culinary problems for one or the other sweet tooth. If a dough was too hard, it could quickly happen that the cake fork bent or, in the worst case, even broke.

To counteract this, the small missing corner came into play: it gave the fork more stability and thus withstood harder cake bottoms.

Until the beginning of the 20th century cake was eaten with the help of knife and fork. When the pastry fork was equipped with the pointed point, the knife became superfluous. From now on, she made it possible to pierce and impale hard dough bottoms.

Nowadays, cutlery is made only of stainless steel - with this material, there is no longer the risk that the fork deforms or breaks. Nevertheless, many manufacturers maintain the distinctive appearance of the cake fork and do not give up the sympathetic corner.

Nice, although cutlery is appreciated for its features!



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