The Parchment Paper Hack You Need To Use With Leftover Cake

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According to MasterClass, as bakers, we should strive for a moist, tender crumb in a cake that should be light, unless it's pound cake. At the beginning of the baking process, avoid over mixing and baking the cake for too long. Once it's baked and cooled, rush to frost it to limit the amount of time the cake comes into contact with the air. At every stage of the baking process, we are trying to create a moist cake, so it's a shame to let it dry out once we finally get to eat it.

Unless you eat cake like Bruce from "Matilda," there will be leftover cake in your kitchen at some point this year. One TikTok user showed how using a rectangular piece of parchment paper to cover the exposed leftover cake, pressing the paper into the corner. The wedge-shaped piece of parchment seals to the cake layers, acting like a barrier to the dry air circulating in the refrigerator. Cover the cake with a dome or oversized bowl and enjoy moist cake for up to five days, or store it in the freezer for longer (via The Kitchn).