PEI Museum & Heritage Foundation
Cake Breaker
Although it looks somewhat like a large hair comb, this artifact is actually meant for serving dessert. In the mid-1900s, cake breakers were ideal for light and delicate desserts, like popular chiffon and angel food cakes. Instead of squishing the slice like a regular knife or cake cutter might do, the comb doesn’t compromise the texture of the dessert.
This particular cake breaker has a plastic bakelite handle, the first entirely synthetic plastic in the world.
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