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Step 3Shape it long and low, like a ... a ... a piano keyboard.
No matter what shape your pan was or how high your finished, cooled cake came out, it's time to cut into the rectangular shape of a piano keyboard. First and foremost, it needs to be flat on the bottom and flat on the top; I recommend one continuous cut with a long knife to remove any bulge from the top of the cake. Discard (read: Eat) the excised bulge.
Once you've done that, you need to transform whatever rectangular solid you're working with into a long, low rectangular solid -- the shape of a piano keyboard. Be creative here; I offer the following possibilities only as guidance.
- If the cake is still 2" high, make one continuous cut in a plane parallel to the countertop, using a long knife. Now you have 2 1-inch-high cakes that can be placed end to end to form a long keyboard!
- If the cake is square or squarish, make one continuous cut down the middle of the cake, in a plane perpendicular to the countertop and perpendicular to the edge of the cake. Now you have two rectangular cakes that can be placed end to end to form a long keyboard!
Once you've done that, you need to transform whatever rectangular solid you're working with into a long, low rectangular solid -- the shape of a piano keyboard. Be creative here; I offer the following possibilities only as guidance.
- If the cake is still 2" high, make one continuous cut in a plane parallel to the countertop, using a long knife. Now you have 2 1-inch-high cakes that can be placed end to end to form a long keyboard!
- If the cake is square or squarish, make one continuous cut down the middle of the cake, in a plane perpendicular to the countertop and perpendicular to the edge of the cake. Now you have two rectangular cakes that can be placed end to end to form a long keyboard!
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