The internet has found ingenious way to cut cake using wine glasses and it was staring at us all along

Remember when someone had to carefully slice a birthday cake into equal pieces? Well, thanks to a TikTok video shared by Rose (@theroseperiod) in November 2020, that's no longer the case. She introduced an ingenious method that replaces the traditional knife with wine glasses, and since then, this clever cake-cutting hack has captured attention globally.

The viral video captures a family celebrating their daughter's 20th birthday. “Happy 20th birthday to my Jules,” Rose wrote in the caption, referring to her daughter @juliageeq. The clip begins with a cheerful Julia standing before a vanilla cake on a pedestal. After she blows out the candles, each family member takes a turn to enjoy their share of cake, but with a creative, mess-free twist.

The video shows the family flipping wine glasses upside down and pressing them into the cake, effortlessly scooping out chunks that collect in the glasses like pudding. They then clink their glasses, toast in the center, and enjoy their cake straight from the glasses. The hack has scored 1.8 million views and over 4,000 comments. People showed up in the comment section to say how “smart” this hack was. @melissamacarthurx said, “I am mesmerized.” @ghdooree commented, “This is genius!” Another TikTok user, @redvelvet2327, proclaimed, “I’m so doing this for my birthday!”

According to PEOPLE, the popular hack even got the attention of stars. For instance, filmmaker Nancy Meyers posted a similar cake-cutting video on Instagram, and tagged designer Roxanne Assoulin's page. "I may have to bake a cake just to do this," Meyers wrote in the caption.

This cake-cutting method using wine or champagne glasses is smart for so many reasons. First, there is no hassle of one person becoming responsible for cutting the cake into satisfying slices. Second, it erases the question of the mess that could be created when cutting the cake with a knife. Food Network’s Duff Goldman, who is dubbed the “Ace of Cakes,” called this cake-cutting trend “genius,” while speaking to Bustle. He added that this wine glass technique is "very viscerally pleasing" to watch. "Each person can come in with their own cup and get their own serving — it’s a nice communal experience where each person can interact with the cake and each other.”

The trend smashed the feeds of X too. Champagne Sloshy (@joshybesloshy) shared a montage of clips showing people cutting the cake using wine glasses, and it’s brilliant and aesthetic at the same time. Their post received a whopping 9.3 million views. The first clip shows a table set with bowls of snacks and a red velvet cake frosted with pastel yellow cream. As hands approach the cake, instead of cutting it with a knife, they use wine glasses to scoop out pieces for themselves from the cake.

Another clip shows a blue cream cake with vanilla frosting where people use the same technique to scoop out chunks of blue dessert in their glasses. A third clip follows, in which people are seen repeating the same process on a vanilla and strawberry cake and further clips show people applying the same hack to cut a black forest cake, a green cream floral design cake, and more. This hack calls for a cleaner cake-cutting ceremony, no more sticky hands, no more gooey knives, but still lots of fun!

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