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It is a vintage cake slice guide/holder.
cake slice server
My mother called this a “cake breaker.” It was used for slicing cakes that had a delicate texture, like anglefood or chiffon cakes, before the advent of serrated knives which have displaced this item.
It’s a guide to slice an onion. Press this into the onion, and slide the knife between the tines.
Angel Food cake slicer
Cheese slicer
Cake cutter? Cake comb? I can’t remember the correct name! Cake thingamajig!
Cake cutter / server
It’s an angel food cake slicer.
Used to cut angel food cakes.
Utensil for cutting angel food cake.
it was used decorate and spread lines on cake and it would be used many times just to decorate the sides of the cake and have a smooth top.
It could be used to cut slice of Angel Food Cake
It could be used to cut slices of an Angel Food Cake
It’s a cake breaker with a sterling silver handle.
A mane and tail comb for horses.
silver handled cake cutter….but also…About 30 years ago I used to do a creativity exercise with my grad students where I would bring in objects and have them guess what they were and/or imagine possible uses. When i brought in a similar cake cutter with a Bakelite handle all the students guessed that it was an Afro comb….after some discussion we decided that was likely where the design for such combs originated.
I agree with the mane and tail comb for horses.
First you would wash the wool, Then the combs I’ve seen like these were to separate the dirt from the sheep or lambs wool, before spinning it into yarn.
Lovely old ornate cake breaker usually for angel food cakes.
Yup, I still have my Mom’s “cake breaker”, tho not near so fancy! She made a lot of angle food🥰
It’s a cake comb. Used to evenly break angel food cake, which would get very squished if a regular knife is used.
I see most of the folks posting already refer to “cake cutter-breaker” which is my comment also. However…in the late 1960’s and into the seventies, this tool was used as combs by the kids in school who had huge “Afro” style hairdos. And used sometimes as weapons in fights. Great idea for an onion slicing guide! I’ll have to try that!
Special fork, used to pick spaghetti from Italian pasta trees.
A Sponge cake slicer (And yes, that includes Angel cakes).
It’s a cake breaker for cake slices..
It is an Angler Food Cake cutter.
I’m not being racist when I say this, just factual. Back in the day when I went to school in the ’60’s, every black kid, boys and girls, had one of these. It was called a “pick” , and it was used to comb out their hair in order to make their hair-do known as an “Afro”. White women also used these to “tease” out their hair, and then hit it with hair spray, resulting in the ’60’s hair fad known as “Big Hair”. You can look up both of those hair fashions on the internet for photos of examples.
Alternatively, this device was used to comb out the tangles in animal hair such as horses, sheep, and long-haired dogs.
Of course it could be as simple as a “cake breaker” as others have called it.
It is a tined cake slicer for delicate angel food cakes.
Okay smarties. This is indeed an Angel Food Cake cake breaker with a sterling silver handle.
I also use it to slice tomatoes , just push it down into the tomato and you get even slices. I am going to try it on the onion, never thought of that!