To moist the cake batter. You can also use sour cream. It may sound gross, but you can't taste it.
Often you do, yes.
No. Cake is better than water.
Used a piece of cake for what reason?
Water is needed to convert sucrose to glucose and maltose to glucose.
When a boxed cake mix calls for water only, it usually will have milk in powder form in the mix.
No, but it is a good teaching example of what a heterogeneous solution is. There are different materials used to make a uniformed end product (the cake), and you can not tell the difference between all of the materials used (flour, milk, eggs, chocolate, water).
Most cake mixes call for water. Simply substitute cola for water when mixing the batter. I tried this with a chocolate cake mix once and it was delicious!
it is used to facilitate cutting angelfood cake.
When you use water it acts as a bonding agent only. It has no effect on the outcome of the cake. If you use milk it adds an extra flavor and the milk carmelizes giving the cake a browner appearance.
Fruit cake
Cake boards are used to set your cake on so one can work on it, like icing it and decorating. It also is used to help stack or tier a cake and creating platforms.
Sometimes if the pan was greased you can dip the bottom of the cake pan in very hot water (be careful not to get the cake wet) and it will heat up the butter, shortening, or whatever substances was used to grease the pan and the cake will hopefully slide out.=Otherwise very very very carefully, slowly and evenly us a knife to looses the cake's attachment to the pan. Unfortunately this most likely will cause some damage to the cake, so only use it as a last resort.=Sometimes if the pan was greased you can dip the bottom of the cake pan in very hot water (be careful not to get the cake wet) and it will heat up the butter, shortening, or whatever substances was used to grease the pan and the cake will hopefully slide out.=Otherwise very very very carefully, slowly and evenly us a knife to looses the cake's attachment to the pan. Unfortunately this most likely will cause some damage to the cake, so only use it as a last resort.=