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Making a Heart-Shaped Cake

By Carroll Pellegrinelli, About.com

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How to Adjust the Pieces - Step 5

Ah, that's much better.

I took a cake knife (finely-serrated long-bladed knife) and sliced some cake off of the bottom of each of the round cake halves.

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It worked! See how the cakes are almost even.

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