Cake vs Pie

[The Highway]

From an idea spawned here (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=313320&postcount=7)

Basically, which do you prefer?

[Giant Tope]

Cakes and pie are different enough for me that I can't really contrast and compare the two. Mainly because pie encompasses so many different types of foodstuffs that I can't exactly narrow it down to one particular section of it.

[VeronicanPlay]

The Cake is a lie! Hehe, I couldn't resist. :p

But seriously, I am not a real fan of pie, the berries inside it is sometimes to much (if it is a berry pie).
And all meat pies just taste dry to me.

But I have nothing bad to say about cake, I like all types of cake... Except cake with marcipan or coconut :p

[adventureaddict]

I voted pie, but only good ol' aussie meat pie.
Cake is gross.

[GuruGuru214]

I object to the absence of a "both" option. Both have their own merits, and I like both, depending on my mood.

Also, I love cheesecake, and am lucky to be quite skilled at making it.

[Chyron8472]

Cake or Death?

[The Highway]

I object to the absence of a "both" option. Both have their own merits, and I like both, depending on my mood.

Also, I love cheesecake, and am lucky to be quite skilled at making it.

I want to change the poll now!

[Chyron8472]

I voted for pie bcuz cheesecake is a type of pie really since it requires pie crust.
and cheesecake pwns.

[The Highway]

eew, pie crust for cheesecake? I get biscuits, crumble them up, mix them with a secret incrediant, press it into the base, then create my cheesecake filling, add a splash of Baileys(c)(tm)(r) and let it chill, then i add strawberries to the top and its GRAAAAWWWWWWWWW *drools* ima make one soon!

[SHODANFreeman]

Let them eat cake.

[MusicallyInspired]

Cake. But the cake is a lie.....so we're all out of luck :(.

[JedExodus]

I like pie, I don't really have much of a sweet tooth

[TheGingerNinja]

I really dont like either put pie is still way cooler

[GuybrushWilco]

This is an evil and sinister question. I chose pie.

[GuruGuru214]

eew, pie crust for cheesecake? I get biscuits, crumble them up, mix them with a secret incrediant, press it into the base, then create my cheesecake filling, add a splash of Baileys(c)(tm)(r) and let it chill, then i add strawberries to the top and its GRAAAAWWWWWWWWW *drools* ima make one soon!

I'm with you on the pie crust thing, but that's as far as it goes. For mine, I use graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and butter. I press it into my springform pan and bake that for 10 minutes and let it cool completely. Then I do two half batches of batter, one with plain cream cheese and one with a fruit flavored one, and I pour the fruit one on bottom. Then I bake that for about an hour in a water bath and then stick it in the fridge.

Also, I once had an idea to do a Neapolitan cheesecake. I'd done a chocolate swirl one and it was good, and I'd done a strawberry layer one and it was good. So I used chocolate graham crackers, chocolate batter on bottom, plain batter in the middle, and strawberry batter on top.

It was a disaster.

[Chyron8472]

what are you talking about? Haven't you ever bought a cheesecake?

Even Merritt's, which is the best fricken bakery in Tulsa, uses some sort of crust for cheesecake (my guess is it's a graham cracker crust.)

Anyway, regular cake doesn't have a crust. cheesecake does. therefore I vote pie cuz cheesecake is awesome.

[GuruGuru214]

I've never had any cheesecake that didn't use a graham cracker crust. I just don't consider that to inherently be a pie crust.

[Chyron8472]

Well, if graham cracker crust ≠ pie crust, then I call foul on the poll.

[Alcoremortis]

...Check my user title.:D

[wefeelgroove]

I am distraught at having to choose only one. :(

[brunner]

Pie or go home! I'm going to go enjoy some freshly baked Razzleberry Pie. YUM!

[Ribs]

Nobody here reads Rooster Teeth comics? Cake v Pie was a recurring joke, and they even (http://roosterteeth.com/store/product.php?id=51) made t-shirts (http://roosterteeth.com/store/product.php?id=50) for both sides.

I add to the discussion:
http://images.roosterteeth.com/assets/media/9_45b8d24d56362.jpg

[Lena_P]

Which does this count as?
http://www.mydogella.com/millefeuille.jpg

[splash1]

Cookie, no cake! NO COOKIE! ... Pie, I like pie.

[jmm]

Depends on the cake, but I prefer pies mostly.

[Chyron8472]

Which does this count as? [image of Mille-feuille]



well...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille-feuille

"Traditionally, a Mille-feuille is made up of three layers of puff pastry, alternating with two layers of cream pâtissière, but sometimes whipped cream, or jam. The top is usually glazed with icing or fondant in alternating white (icing) and brown (chocolate) strips, and combed."


It's a pastry, which falls into the same category as donuts or cinnamon rolls.

[Avistew]

Now with Lena's contribution, I wish we also had a "pastry or viennoiserie?" debate.

Anyways, as far as the current one goes, cake.

[Irishmile]

Pie.... Banana creme or Pecan... best stuff ever

[Wapcaplet]

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7884/boxybrown.jpg
(http://img203.imageshack.us/i/boxybrown.jpg/%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7884/boxybrown.jpg)

[The Highway]

i need some way to change the poll!

[Lena_P]

Change it to what?

[GuruGuru214]

I'd guess adding "both" and "other" options.

[The Highway]

To add a both and a pastry option, i guess. so sort of like what guru just said

[PecanBlue]

Pecan... best stuff ever

Why thank you, I'm flattered!!!

Also, I was going to vote cake but after seeing all the damn Portal jokes in here again I am slowly growing resentment for it.

[Lena_P]

Fixed the poll! Kind of!

[Giant Tope]

Why thank you, I'm flattered!!!

Also, I was going to vote cake but after seeing all the damn Portal jokes in here again I am slowly growing resentment for it.

Don't let portal cake jokes get in the way. ;A;

[Chyron8472]

- "Cake or Death?"

- "...cake please."

- "Sorry, we're out of cake."

- "So my only choice is 'or death'?" ... "Well, I'll have the chicken then."

[PecanBlue]

Don't let portal cake jokes get in the way. ;A;

Hmm... How about cupcakes, then? Those are still cakes, right? I prefer them over whole cakes and am constantly making them on many occasions.

Pumpkin cupcakes with cinnamon cream cheese frosting are one of my favorites and I make them in the fall season. It's fun to find new ways to decorate them, too.

[The Highway]

The cupcakes are just a lie cleverly disguised in a cup! DON'T LET IT FOOL YOU!

[PecanBlue]

Sorry Portal jokes, you're not ruining cupcakes for me too!! NOT THIS TIME.

[The Highway]

"You have devoured your companion cupcake faster than any other test subject on record. Congratulations."

[jmm]

Achievement Unlocked: Fratricide Cupcake

[Chyron8472]

http://www.doobybrain.com/2009/08/17/worlds-largest-cupcake-has-2-million-calories/

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8250/27753412.png

[The Highway]

omnomnomnom 2 million calories omnomnomnom

[Alcoremortis]

I have to ask: where did they bake that thing?

[tredlow]

Definitely pie. No offense, cake, but there's just more pies that I like than cakes.

oh, wait, cheesecake is cake, isn't it?

...

I'll get back to you.

[PecanBlue]

Looks like the giant cupcake is a Fight Against Breast Cancer cupcake too.

[Avistew]

Well it's obviously not a fight against cholesterol :p

[Falanca]

The cake is a pie.

[puzzlebox]

I have to ask: where did they bake that thing?

In their giant pit of fire of course! With all their friends to help!

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/8256/indytemple.jpg

[Chyron8472]

Definitely pie. No offense, cake, but there's just more pies that I like than cakes.

oh, wait, cheesecake is cake, isn't it?

...

I'll get back to you.

Cheesecake has a crust, therefore it is a type of pie.

[The Highway]

And you are adamant in that fact

[JedExodus]

Cheesecake has a crust, therefore it is a type of pie.

In my book at least pies are savoury and cakes are sweet. That's why we don't call it an "apple pie" over here but an "apple tart"

[Jenny]

Well I love pies, but I also like certain types of cakes. The ones without mounds of frosting all over them.

Apple pie is delicious, but really only the one my mom makes (I don't like any other kind). I also like blueberry pie and pecan pie. But then I like cheesecake and hazelnut cake, and any cake without the frosting of doom on it, so maybe I do like cake better, come to think of it.

[Alcoremortis]

In their giant pit of fire of course! With all their friends to help!

I should have guessed! It seems so blatantly obvious now.

[Secret Fawful]

Crap! I said cake but then I saw that pastry was an option! URRRGH!

[puzzlebox]

Crap! I said cake but then I saw that pastry was an option! URRRGH!

There will inevitably come times in your life when you make a decision that is later viewed with immense regret... the important thing is to keep moving forward and not dwell on the mistakes of the past. Together, we can get through this.

[The Highway]

There will inevitably come times in your life when you make a decision that is later viewed with immense regret... the important thing is to keep moving forward and not dwell on the mistakes of the past. Together, we can get through this.

I did this last year, about this time. I selected the middle hardcover surfin the highway deal and bought the soundtracks, hats, seperately, and then the next day the really awesome hardcover deal came back in stock and it would have saved be about 70 US and i was like FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[Secret Fawful]

There will inevitably come times in your life when you make a decision that is later viewed with immense regret... the important thing is to keep moving forward and not dwell on the mistakes of the past. Together, we can get through this.

Actually I think I'll just break something. [Eyes randomly move to my only copy of Curse of MI]

http://intensities.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/fry.jpg

[GuruGuru214]

Cheesecake has a crust, therefore it is a type of pie.

I have one word for you.

Cobbler.

[Lena_P]

Cobbler is a person who makes shoes, which is obviously a kind of muffin, which is like a coffee cake which is a pastry. Also, I love frangipane cooked with fruit. It's a marzipan cobbler!

[The Highway]

So, wait... Shoe Maker Muffins?

[GuruGuru214]

Cobbler! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobbler_%28food%29)

[The Highway]

*indication a sarcasm mark is needed right there*

[puzzlebox]

For me, cake vs pie depends on the cake, the pie, the occasion, the season, the phase of the moon and the colour of my socks.

That said, the lavender and honey cheesecake at the Duke of Wellington is absolutely transcendental.

[Hayden]

Cheesecake has a crust, therefore it is a type of pie.

Does that make the Earth a spherical pie?

[Hayden]

*indication a sarcasm mark is needed right there*

If only it was this simple.

[Friar]

The cake is a pie!
See what i did there?

[Lena_P]

No, what?

[Giant Tope]

Does that make the Earth a spherical pie?

Actually, in a sense, yes. A pie is basically a filling wrapped in a pastry crust. Cheesecakes are more like tarts.

[Avistew]

Since we're on that subject, until I moved to North America, I had never seen a pie that had crust on the top. I don't like it at all.

[Lena_P]

But it's so pretty when you do it in strips!

[Jenny]

But it's so pretty when you do it in strips!

Yes!

Also, many crusts in the U.S. are too thick and just not tasty at all. You really have to make them at home. I love apple pie with a thin top crust that has caramelized sugar and vanilla underneath. Delicious!

[flesk]

I love apple pie with a thin top crust that has caramelized sugar and vanilla underneath. Delicious!

I voted pastry because raisin buns are my favorites. I like the plain, not too sweet tastes. Pies with rum cream or vanilla and fruits or berries are awesome though. My favorite is probably blueberry pie.

[Jenny]

I really like blueberry tarts. Where there is a bottom crust, a layer of mashed blueberries and then whole blueberries on top. But the blueberries have to be very fresh and ripe.

[The Highway]

apple pie with custard and icecream...

That's a winning combination, because as long as you have 2/3 of these, you cant go wrong!

[Avistew]

Raisin buns sounds like they would be a viennoiserie, not pastry.

You know, I realise language affects this issue too. For instance, in French, you have "tarte", which is pretty much always sweet and with fruit. You have "tourtière", which has crust on top and is savoury. And you have quiche, well, you probably know what that is.
When you say "pie", I only think "tarte". So of course I don't see things the same as if it included quiches and tourtières.
Although I still like cakes best.

[Lena_P]

You know, now that I've finally looked up what "viennoiserie" actually is, I'm going with that. If I could, I'd have brioche or pain au chocolat at breakfast every day. Too bad the local bakeries seem to only make "croissants" that are either greasy as McDonald's french fries or so crisp and brittle that they're half crumbs by the time you get home.

[Chyron8472]

I have one word for you.

Cobbler.


Ooh... yay. Apple cobbler is great.


My favorite fruit flavor is lemon. Lemon bars, lemon meringue pie, lemon jell-o cake, lemon puddling, lemon icecream. idc, it's all good.

[Jenny]

You know, now that I've finally looked up what "viennoiserie" actually is, I'm going with that. If I could, I'd have brioche or pain au chocolat at breakfast every day. Too bad the local bakeries seem to only make "croissants" that are either greasy as McDonald's french fries or so crisp and brittle that they're half crumbs by the time you get home.

Oh, viennoiseries are my favorite!!! Brioches especially!

[The Highway]

Ooh... yay. Apple cobbler is great.


My favorite fruit flavor is lemon. Lemon bars, lemon meringue pie, lemon jell-o cake, lemon puddling, lemon icecream. idc, it's all good.

Lemon cheesecake? :D

[Avistew]

Does anyone know what crumbles qualify as?

[The Highway]

it classifies as a crumble?

[Jenny]

A crumble is pretty much any fruit that has something like this on top. The bottom crust is optional.

http://cakedelivery.com.au/images/apple%20crumble.jpg

[Lena_P]

I'd say crumbles are a "baked good", that American catch-all term for muffins, cookies, cupcakes and other tasty things you can buy in coffee shops and restaurants but don't see as often at bakeries and pastry shops. Except of course that now pastry shops devoted entirely to cupcakes have started popping up even though ten years ago you hardly ever saw the things, but still, I feel my point stands.

[Ezny]

I voted pie because there are so many delicious varieties! Well that and I also pledged my allegience to pie during the epic adult swim IB memes of '05.

When it comes to cake, I just like chocolate...

[The Highway]

yay, chocolate! i had banana cake today. not as good as carrot cake. but they are my favourite fruit and veggie cakes. still vote pie though

[Chyron8472]

Okay, so I was talking to my family about the proper classification of cheesecake, and I was told that cheesecake is technically a form of custard, or maybe a type of custard pie.

So, I'm not sure what I should have voted for then.

[brunner]

You cake people are an affront to my sense of righteousness. Go think about what you've done!

[Alcoremortis]

I am thinking about having some cake. Is that good enough?

[The Highway]

How fitting that I use my 2000th post to say: PIE FTW

[meeneymo]

Pah! How can any of you be expected to judge with your limited knowledge of the pastry arts? Where are the Wiganers?

[The Highway]

Pah! How can any of you be expected to judge with your limited knowledge of the pastry arts? Where are the Wiganers?

I don't know what a wiganer is, so :p

[corruptbiggins]

Pah! How can any of you be expected to judge with your limited knowledge of the pastry arts? Where are the Wiganers?

Have to admit, had one of the best pies I've ever had when I went to Wigan for a football match (Wigan v Boro, October 2008). Quite easily the best food at any football ground I've been to (ok, not counting corporate meals as I've never done that, being the commoner that I am!).

[The Highway]

I had a scone a few moments ago, with blueberries in it. DIVINE!

[Hayden]

I had a scone a few moments ago, with blueberries in it. DIVINE!

Are you sure it wasn't 'exquisite'?

[The Highway]

Are you sure it wasn't 'exquisite'?

...perhaps...

[doodo!]

Neither. I really don't like one or the other in particular and so I can't really say which is better for me.

[DarkStar Runner]

Due to a pie eating contest, I have come to declare that pie is wonderful.

Strawberry pie...fresh..strawberry pie...

[Hayden]

Why the heck am I reading through this thread. Now I am hungry, but it is 12:00a.m. and I cannot be stuffed making anything (if you count putting a frozen pie in the oven as 'making something').

[The Highway]

Why the heck am I reading through this thread?

Because it is the best thread ever? But not for long... I am currently building a thread, stronger than before, that will put all the other "Boobs" and "Theology" threads to shame... I have a budget of $6 million... I have the technology, I have the capability, to build the world's first bionic thread. Better than threads were before. Better, stronger, faster... Well, maybe just the first one. :p

[Javi-Wan Kenobi]

Anytime I see the word "pie" in English, I can't help thinking on its Spanish meaning...
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:XOs3HEPEGUgweM:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_j9qRbDgJ8mI/SwvdXxja8RI/AAAAAAAAAlw/5pq8eRmaAWk/s1600/pie-sepia.jpg