Having your Christmas cake and eating it (fairly)

Spread joy this festive season by dividing your Christmas cake into equal slices and keeping it moist between servings. Last updated on Friday 18 December 2020 - Christmas day and family tiffs. They belong together like baubles and spruces, or crackers and bad jokes. The remote control, the washing-up bowl, the PlayStation console - the trigger points for an intergenerational meltdown are as plentiful as raisins in a Christmas cake. Talking of cake. Can this at least be a source of goodwill over the festive season, or are we destined to be divided into camps here too: the gluttons who swipe the fattest slices pitted against the martyrs who are left with the (marzipan-free) crumbs? The University of Bath brings good tidings on this front. Mathematician Professor Chris Budd OBE is keen to spread the word that the cherished Christmas cake can be cut into perfectly equal pieces, bringing hope that harmony can spread in households across the land.