WASHINGTON — You’ve been cutting your cake all wrong.

That’s the message of a video going viral on YouTube. The video captures author Alex Bellos demonstrating how to cut a cake using scientific principles to maximize taste and efficiency.

Since the math-based video production website, Numberphile posted the video Tuesday, it has been viewed more than 168,000 times.

Watch the video to see the best way to cut cakes.

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