Monday, 12 October 2020

Pressure on cutting the cake

 We were very pleased to find that you can still buy Charlie the Caterpillar cake. It won't cut very well if the knife blade is upside down. You can push with a big force but it is the pressure that does the damage. The blunt side of the knife has too big an area so the pressure is too low.

Smaller area means higher pressure for the sharpened side of the knife.
The tip has an even smaller area so has the highest pressure and goes in most easily.