Saw this posted on FB from the Interesting Engineering site.

[maycee]

http://www.amazon.com/Zenker-Layer-Cake-Slicing-Kit/product-reviews/B003AZZB8I/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0

 

[maycee]

Checked it out and Amazon suggested that customers who bought the cake slicer also bought this:

Seriously?

http://www.amazon.com/Fake-Turd-Gag-Gift/dp/B000V9KKWS/ref=pd_rhf_cr_s_cp_2_1SVW?ie=UTF8&refRID=0MTRD07VT669FGT61SVW

 

[marilynfl]

I'd be tempted except for the price. Maybe I can kludge a version myself. I have the wire cutter

but it's pretty useless against a tougher crumb, like carrot cake and some chocolate cakes.

And ironically, it's the 12" cakes I have the hardest times cutting evenly...and I don't think that knife is long enough to poke through both sides of a 12" diameter.

http://www.amazon.com/Cake-Slicer-Adjustable-Wire-12-5/dp/B001AGO60I/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1372447686&sr=1-1&keywords=wire+cake+slicer

 

[marilynfl]

Maybe they have an engineering interest in scatalogical objects?

 

[lisainla]

I had one of those - it tore more than cut. I've had the best luck with a large serrated knife.

 

[dawnnys]

The $4.99-version on the same page looks much sturdier!