Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cutting pastry, with limbs (3, 4), connected to each other by means of a hinge point and a large opening angle between the limbs (3, 4). According to the invention the pastry should also be cut with little application of force, whereby each limb (3, 4) has a cutting region (5) with an upper blade (6) on the upper limb (3) and a counter blade (7) on a lower limb (4) and a handle (17) for guiding and operating the device (1, 1a). The limbs (3, 4) are angled between the cutting region (5) and the handle (17), whereby the hinge point (2) is arranged on the end (20) of the handle (17) facing away from the cutting region (5).