But when losses are incurred, bites are taken out of the cake from the bottom first.

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Traditionally a round piece is first cut from the center of the cake with a glass tumbler.

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The tour first took them into a couple of cramped and sweltering soy bean cake and tofu factories --- both staples in the Indonesian diet.

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