My jars' necks are slightly narrower than the jars themselves.

Yesterday I tried to get one of the cakes out and had to break it into pieces by sticking a knife in it and scooping it out. It's a mess. Some pieces are relatively large, some are very small and probably useless. Also a lot of bruising.

I have a few jars left. Which would you recommend to proceed to fruiting:

A. Break up the cakes with a knife as above to get it all out
B. Smash the jars with a hammer and hopefully get the cakes out without much damage
C. Leave the cakes in the jars for fruiting?

You can fruit in the jar or break them up and spawn them to a bulk substrate, I’d recommend spawning if they are fully colonized.