Cutting cake into layers

I learnt a really neat trick to cut a cake into layers. I typically would use a knife and struggle with the wonkiness. After googling for a little while, I found a lot of tips to cut cakes into two layers, again with a knife.  I came across this site that was brilliant! http://www.wikihow.com/Cut-a-Cake-Layer-in-Half I did this for my black forest cake and it worked a charm! Especially with having to split the cake into 3 pieces. Below my pictorial...

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Regrowing Shallots

This started off as an experiment that proved fruitful indeed.  Hypothesis: Can you regrow shallots in a jar with water.  Background: My parents, grandma and Uncles have always talked about regrowing various herbs and plants where the original produce came from the supermarket. These included such items coriander, parsley, spring onions, chilli, garlic etc. I was a bit sceptical but then, I see  Setup: Stubs...

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