I can think of 3 ways to do it but none of them seem especially practicable.
(1) Cut the whole cake in half laterally through the middle as if you were going to fill it with cream. Then cut it right across through the centre 4 times = 16 pieces.
(2) Cut the cake across the middle; make your second cut at right angles to the first through the centre; Bisect those cuts with 2 further cuts each going through the centre. That makes 4 cuts and you now have 8 pieces. Now make a circular cut about 2/3 of the distance between the centre and the perimeter of the cake. To ensure the pieces are equal you'd need to judge carefully the position of this circular cut.
(3) Cut the cake in half; stack one half on top of the other; cut this semicircle in half and stack again, you now have a quadrant equal to a quarter of the cake stacked 4 high and you've made 2 cuts. Cut 3 - cut the quadrant in half; Cut 4 bisect the left hand half of the quadrant; Cut 5 bisect the right hand half of the quadrant - voila - 16 pieces - but I wouldn't try it with a gooey cream cake.
Is there a particular reason that you can't divide it by making 8 cuts in the usual manner?
use two cuts to cut horizontally and then vertically. (makes four pieces, proximal/distal separation and left right separation). Use the final cut to separate the top and bottom.
The first two cuts are made up to down (from the top of the cake to the bottom), while the last cut is made from left to right.
You only need 4 cuts, and there are an infinite number of ways to do it
without a horizontal cut.
If you want the pieces to be equal, and a horizontal cut isn't allowed,
then you could do it like this:
#1). 30° clockwise from vertical (60° counterclockwise from horizontal)
#2). 45° clockwise from the first cut (15° counterclockwise from horizontal)
#3). 45° clockwise from the second cut (30° clockwise from horizontal)
#4). 45° clockwise from the third cut (75° clockwise from horizontal)
Unless you cut in a squiggly line so that the 2 cuts crossed over twice then it is impossible.
two straight vertical cross slices and one straight horizontal slice
If you have a round cake, you make a horizontal and vertical cut, so you have 4 pieces. Then, you make a second little circle in the middle of the cake, so it makes 8 pieces.
you cut it in the shape of a star :-)
you cant
Cut a round cake in eight equal sized wedge shaped pieces with four vertical cuts, then make one horizontal cut through the center of the cake to equal sixteen pieces.It's slightly more tricky if you are only allowed to cut the horizontal cross-section of the cake (treat the cake as a circle). In this case, first divide the cake with one cut (2 pieces), then cut it again so that it intersects the first cut (4 pieces), then cut it a third time so that it intersects both cuts previously made, at different points (7 pieces), then let the fourth cut intersect all three cuts so far at different points (11 pieces), and let the fifth and final cut intersect all four cuts at different points (16 pieces total).
use a cutter
2 horizontal cuts and 3 vertical cuts OR 3 horizontal cuts and 2 vertical cuts
This is a trick question. Normally if you wanted to cut a cake into 8 equal pieces you would do so with more than 3 cuts. However, it is possible to do it in 3 cuts if you have a sufficiently long knife. By cutting the cake with two perpendicular cuts you can easily get 4 equal pieces. Then you rearrange these 4 pieces so that they are in a line, with all the pointy ends aligned in the same direction. Then you can cut all four pieces in half with one more cut. But it takes a long knife.Answer:Alternately two perpendicular cuts to make 4 equal pieces and a horizontal cut at the middle of the cake to make it into two equal layers each with 4 equal pieces.But if the cake has frosting on top, then the top pieces can't really be exactly equal to the bottom pieces which won't have frosting on top. Nonetheless, it's a good alternative. And not all cakes are frosted.
You would have 8 pieces of cake. A: I can make ten pieces.
You can cut a cake into 16 pieces with 5 cuts by first making a cross-shaped cut dividing the cake into four equal pieces, then cut each of the four pieces in half horizontally and vertically with the last cut.
In one sense you cannot. The cakes would have a different number of faces which were part of the original faces. To that extent the pieces will not be identical. If such pieces are considered identical, and if the cake pieces can be stacked before cutting, then 9 cuts will suffice. Without stacking, 12 cuts are required. If the cake can be stacked and cut, and a little wastage (less than 2.5%) is pemitted, then 7 cuts will be enough.
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Takes the CakeHere are the steps involved:Cut from 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock (this give you 2 pieces).Cut from 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock (this give you 4 pieces).Cut the cake in half horizontally, slicing through all the pieces. Imagine that you were cutting through the whole cake to put icing in the middle (this give you 8 pieces).
Lets use a square cake to make the instructions easier. Cut one: Make cut parallel to top of cake giving two cake layers Cut two: Diagonally corner to corner Cut three: Diagonally other corner to corner
3 right to left and 1 time down the middle towards you
cut an "X" on the top of the cake,like you normally would,then cut the cake straight the the middle of the cake if you wer looking at it so its horizantal,and you're like on your knees.....so your basically cutting 4 pieces in a 2 layer cake