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Title: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Talia on April 08, 2011, 01:50:27 PM
In the end, there can only be one.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Scattercat on April 08, 2011, 01:53:04 PM
I just had some pie, in fact.

There is, however, only one pie, and that is cherry pie.  Ya'll weirdos and your soft, foamy interior pies can go hang.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Unblinking on April 08, 2011, 01:54:42 PM
Wait, the "other" category is going to screw up the results between cake and pie!

Cake is much better than pie.
But there are better things than cake (those things are, of course, also much better than pie).
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Talia on April 08, 2011, 01:57:16 PM
I figured it was only fair to include an option for those heathens who refuse to acknowledge pie and cake as mutual kings of the dessert realm.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: eytanz on April 08, 2011, 02:06:18 PM
It's a hard question to decide - I think I prefer most pies to most cakes. But the best cakes are better than the best pies...
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Devoted135 on April 08, 2011, 02:18:36 PM
Such a hard question when you come right down to it! On the one hand, I prefer most cakes over most pies. On the other hand, there are the Best Pies. Now I'm really sad that I no longer live in an area that has Baker's Square. :P
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: saladinahmed on April 08, 2011, 04:08:24 PM
Cake, hands down. I can't find it on the intranet, but I recall some comedian laying it out thusly: "When you eat cake frosting straight from the can, you feel decadent and indulgent. If you find yourself eating pie filling straight from the can, it's probably because you're trying to survive after a natural disaster."
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Devoted135 on April 08, 2011, 04:39:37 PM
here's some more cake hilarity for those interested :)

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: kibitzer on April 08, 2011, 08:47:12 PM
Now here's a question: cheesecake -- is that cake or actually pie?

(http://www.lowcarb-diet.com.au/lowcarb_diet_pics/low_carb_cheesecake.jpg)
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: tinygaia on April 08, 2011, 09:05:32 PM
I would say cheesecake is actually a pie... cake-cake doesn't involve crusts.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Talia on April 08, 2011, 09:13:46 PM
Yeah, cheesecake is pie. The cake is a lie!
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: DKT on April 08, 2011, 10:37:14 PM
Yeah, cheesecake is pie. The cake is a lie!

Not so fast, Talia! I suspect you're just saying that because you like pie more, and feel guilty that a cake might surpass it. But it's cheeseCAKE, so I argue it's REALLY CAKE!

Disclosure: I voted for Option 3, because I was swayed by Ann's pie in a cake picture. It would probably kill me, but I'd die happy...
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: goatkeeper on April 08, 2011, 11:08:42 PM
I mean this in totally the nicest way possible... But seriously: fuck all you cake-loving bitchez.

 Pie pie domine, Pies dies irae

Your day of judgement shall come.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: iamafish on April 08, 2011, 11:17:26 PM
Yeah, cheesecake is pie. The cake is a lie!

I voted pie, because cake leads to unnecessary and not-at-all funny portal references that need to be put to bed.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: DKT on April 08, 2011, 11:23:29 PM
I mean this in totally the nicest way possible... But seriously: fuck all you cake-loving bitchez.

Hey, as long as I can have my cake (and pie) and eat it too  :-*
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: CryptoMe on April 11, 2011, 02:12:53 AM
Ice Cream!!
Because there is always room for ice cream!!
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Talia on April 11, 2011, 01:15:40 PM
Yeah, cheesecake is pie. The cake is a lie!

I voted pie, because cake leads to unnecessary and not-at-all funny portal references that need to be put to bed.

Well, I was amused. So there. :p
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Gamercow on April 11, 2011, 03:54:54 PM
Yeah, cheesecake is pie. The cake is a lie!

pies have their false idols as well, see Boston Creme Pie, clearly a cake. 

Doesn't matter, cookies are better than both.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: DKT on April 11, 2011, 04:09:33 PM

Doesn't matter, cookies are better than both.

Man. Now I'm thinking about pizookie with a big scoop of ice cream on top of it...
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Talia on April 11, 2011, 05:06:04 PM
Yeah, cheesecake is pie. The cake is a lie!


Doesn't matter, cookies are better than both.

My uncle's black walnut pie made with aged scotch begs to differ.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Bdoomed on April 12, 2011, 03:39:07 AM
all hail the mighty pie.
all hail the almighty pumpkin pie!
all bow before the omnipotent smirking pumpkin pie on Talia's avatar!
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Talia on April 12, 2011, 04:10:24 AM
all bow before the omnipotent smirking pumpkin pie on Talia's avatar!

it's making pleased pie sounds.

Whatever those may be. ("nom nom nom..??")
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: kibitzer on April 12, 2011, 08:58:04 AM
it's making pleased pie sounds.

Whatever those may be. ("nom nom nom..??")

Well, but... isn't that the person eating the pie? Would the pie make those sounds? I mean, it might... perhaps by being eaten it is fulfilling its destiny...

Also: PUMPKIN PIE OM NOM NOM NOM
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Gamercow on April 12, 2011, 06:11:21 PM

My uncle's black walnut pie made with aged scotch begs to differ.

My triple chocolate chip kahlua cookies retun that challenge. Dun Dun DUNNNNNNNNN
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Spindaddy on April 13, 2011, 09:11:14 PM
My unholy love for New York style cheesecake (which can only be described in clicks, grunts, rude gestures and pictograms of Velociraptors tearing apart sad faced people made of spongecake) drives me not only to vote for Cake, but to take arms against my filthy pie-loving foes.

Fear my wrath o' people of the pie, for it is terrible and.... wait... is that a cheesecake over there?!
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: kibitzer on April 14, 2011, 03:04:27 AM
You get some weird images when you type "velociraptor sponge cake" into Google Images.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Devoted135 on June 15, 2011, 03:43:12 AM
just came across episode 105 of the Drabblecast and thought it was wonderfully appropriate to this thread. Besides, how can you go wrong with Norm + Mur + Pie + Cake??  ;D


http://gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/archive/101150_files/13365f34ccb4d315373dd3c2ae36476e-73.php
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Talia on June 15, 2011, 04:52:59 AM
just came across episode 105 of the Drabblecast and thought it was wonderfully appropriate to this thread. Besides, how can you go wrong with Norm + Mur + Pie + Cake??  ;D


http://gardenstreet.org/drabblecastarchive/archive/101150_files/13365f34ccb4d315373dd3c2ae36476e-73.php

One of my favorites of ALL TIME. :)
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Yaekmon on April 11, 2012, 03:27:15 AM
Beef and Guinness pie.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Myrealana on August 30, 2012, 04:56:26 PM
Cake. I have a dark cocoa cake cooling downstairs right now, waiting for me to apply the whipped caramel milk chocolate frosting.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Kat_Rocha on August 30, 2012, 05:38:08 PM
Give me cake!
Pies ultimately are a crust with some sort of filling. Tasty, yes, but not really much you can do with that.

Cake, on the other hand lends itself to so many varieties. A cake is typically a set of sweet baked goods layered on top of each other with various fillings (pie filling, ice cream, etc.) and topped with a frosting of some sort. There are litterally thousands of combinations and kinds. OR, you can just eat the cake batter strait. No need to cook it.

-Kat
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Devoted135 on August 30, 2012, 11:48:16 PM
Cake. I have a dark cocoa cake cooling downstairs right now, waiting for me to apply the whipped caramel milk chocolate frosting.

OM NOM
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Josh_Finney on October 25, 2012, 09:41:50 AM
Cake, pie...doesn't really matter to me. Just as long as it's stuffed with charred Smurfs.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: lowky on October 25, 2012, 12:50:15 PM
there is no yes please.  I don't like pumpkin pie, and don't like the texture of coconut flakes, otherwise i like pretty much all desserts.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: ungelic_is_us on November 15, 2013, 03:28:44 AM
Yeah, cheesecake is pie. The cake is a lie!


Doesn't matter, cookies are better than both.

My uncle's black walnut pie made with aged scotch begs to differ.

Aged. Scotch? Oh my sweet boozy goodness. If I were to grovel on my knees and beg profusely, do you think I could get that recipe? Because...well...scotch.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: matweller on November 15, 2013, 03:36:28 AM
I, too, would like to bake with scotch in the manner you suggest.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Cutter McKay on November 15, 2013, 03:49:55 AM
I'm late to this conversation, but the subject matter is important enough that I feel the need to weigh in. The thing is, there are pros and cons to both. Pies have fruit, which can be very tasty, but cakes typically have frosting, which is sugar heaven. Then there's cheesecake, which I think someone mentioned already is technically pie.

Really, when it comes to dessert, I prefer anything smothered in caramel, which is more likely with a pie than a cake. Caramel Apple Pie is divine. I nearly went for "Other" because I could eat a bowl full of caramel covered ice cream any day. Which would be a pro for cake since cake is most commonly served with ice cream.

In the end, I voted for pie because Cheesecake and Caramel Apple. I couldn't vote for "other" because the poll is which is better. Even if you don't like either one, you have to have a preference of one over the other. So pie it is.

Also because:
 Pie  (http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/pie/)
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: davidthygod on February 10, 2014, 07:55:50 PM
Coookkiieee
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Tobias E. Queen on February 13, 2014, 10:04:06 PM
Wait...

Is cheesecake a pie or a cake?!

I mean...technically, it's a pie, right? You've got a crust, you pour in a filling, you bake (or not)...

BUT...it's called cheeseCAKE

I leave the question to better minds than my own.

I like Cheesecake.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: TwoXForr on August 09, 2014, 07:05:19 PM
Ice Cream!!
Because there is always room for ice cream!!

Pie, because as much as I love Ice Cream (and I do) you never say Ice Cream and Cake, or Ice Cream and Pie.  Ice cream is always the side, Cake and Ice Cream, Pie topped with a scoop of Ice Cream (the best Apple Pie, with a scoop of Cinammon Ice Cream) 

Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Devoted135 on August 10, 2014, 12:49:34 AM
Ice Cream!!
Because there is always room for ice cream!!

Pie, because as much as I love Ice Cream (and I do) you never say Ice Cream and Cake, or Ice Cream and Pie.  Ice cream is always the side, Cake and Ice Cream, Pie topped with a scoop of Ice Cream (the best Apple Pie, with a scoop of Cinammon Ice Cream) 



I suddenly have a serious craving for chocolate cake and ice cream. :o
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: ediblepenguin on March 01, 2015, 08:50:10 PM
Oh come on people its obvious. Unlike cake, pie has the superpower of being able to be both the main course and the desert. And it can even do this in a portable version ie. The pasty and the pastry ....

Portable cake just isn't worth eating. Unless maybe it's a brownie. Damn .
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: CryptoMe on March 23, 2015, 04:15:51 AM
Oh come on people its obvious. Unlike cake, pie has the superpower of being able to be both the main course and the desert. And it can even do this in a portable version ie. The pasty and the pastry ....

Portable cake just isn't worth eating. Unless maybe it's a brownie. Damn .

But portable ice cream comes on a cone.....  Yum!!
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: ediblepenguin on March 26, 2015, 09:57:55 PM

But portable ice cream comes on a cone.....  Yum!!

Very good point.


Though ice cream filling, surrounded by crispy cookie-like case, sounds suspiciously like pie. XD
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Tenk on October 04, 2015, 03:08:04 AM
always pie. lemon meringue is the best and most difficult.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Chicken Ghost on October 17, 2015, 05:13:20 PM
Brownies are a form of cake.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Emily115 on October 22, 2015, 08:52:12 PM
Fall/Winter-Pie
Spring/Summer-Cake
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: SpareInch on October 25, 2015, 10:50:27 AM
Hmm... Well, restricting myself only to dessert pies and cakes, I would still have to go for pie.

Trifle is nice. But the best trifles are the ones with pieces of cake suspended in the jelly, instead of fruit. Cake also has Jaffa Cakes in its corner, and possibly even doughnuts.

But you can't beat a good cheesecake. Which is really pie. The very best, and hardest to find, being black cherry cheesecake. MMMMMmmmmmm!!!!
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: kibitzer on January 17, 2016, 10:14:05 PM
I cannot believe this is a thing. Piecaken. I feel sick.

(https://theshakybakerblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/piecaken.jpg)
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: shanehalbach on January 19, 2016, 05:31:30 PM
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Piecaken. I feel sick.

Hmm. I feel...hungry.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: CryptoMe on January 20, 2016, 04:41:37 AM
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Piecaken. I feel sick.

Hmm. I feel...hungry.

I feel inspired! This piecaken sounds awesome!! I need to figure out how to make one.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: lowky on January 21, 2016, 04:09:43 AM
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Piecaken. I feel sick.

Hmm. I feel...hungry.

I feel inspired! This piecaken sounds awesome!! I need to figure out how to make one.
if you figure out how post the recipe too lethargic from excess pie to google it myself
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: CryptoMe on February 03, 2016, 06:55:23 PM
Okay, I found this recipe here: http://piecaken.blogspot.ca/2013_11_01_archive.html.
Problem was that I didn't have any of the ingredients on hand and was too lazy to go to the store, so I made do with what I had. The result was an apple pie inside a white cake with cream cheese frosting. Not as visually spectacular as the picture in the above recipe, but this one was real and ready to eat. Verdict: Not sure. I like the pie filling in the cake a lot, but am not sure what the pie crust adds. May have to try making it again.

Update (April 2021). Made it again during Covid-19 lockdown. Have decided that pie crust in a cake is not good. Will not be making this a third time.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Ryffnah on October 10, 2016, 10:56:47 AM
I've never really understood the appeal of pie crust.  Thus, I only like pies when the filling is so amazing that it makes up for the pointless crust or when they have something like a graham cracker crust.  Or a chocolate cookie crust.

Pecan pie with chocolate cookie crust is one of the few pies, in my opinion, that can actually compete favorably with a really good cake.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: janeishly on October 28, 2017, 01:35:57 PM
This is the first time I've understood that "Pie vs cake" is a question of two sweet things. I've always assumed *savoury* pie vs cake.

Now that's a really tricky question, because a really good pie - steak and kidney, say, or the wonderful duck and orange ones our local butcher used to make - is a thing of wonder. And obviously cake is good. Usually.

But sweet pie vs sweet cake? I don't really care.

So I've gone for other (chocolate mousse, probably, or maybe even a crêpe beurre sucre, which is the simplest yet most delicious dessert in the universe if done with salty butter).
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Ichneumon on November 30, 2017, 06:35:50 PM
I wish savory pies were a thing in the States...
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: CryptoMe on December 01, 2017, 03:47:09 AM
I wish savory pies were a thing in the States...
Don't they have Chicken Pot Pie in the US???
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Ocicat on December 01, 2017, 07:54:08 AM
I wish savory pies were a thing in the States...
Don't they have Chicken Pot Pie in the US???

They do, and at least on the West Coast, other savory pies seem to be making a comeback, at specialty pie restaurants that serve both desert pies and savory pies. I'm a big fan.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Ichneumon on December 01, 2017, 02:02:12 PM
That is true, but they don't seem to be very popular, or sold in many places.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: danooli on December 02, 2017, 12:42:54 PM
does quiche count as a savory pie?
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: CryptoMe on December 02, 2017, 03:45:44 PM
does quiche count as a savory pie?
I would say it does. Good point.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: janeishly on December 25, 2017, 06:40:23 PM
does quiche count as a savory pie?

Quiche definitely counts as a savoury pie!

I think we need to rephrase this poll, otherwise we're not comparing like with like. I mean, how many previous voters might have been under the same misapprehension as me and voted for savoury vs sweet?
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Fenrix on December 26, 2017, 02:22:24 PM
does quiche count as a savory pie?

Quiche definitely counts as a savoury pie!

I think we need to rephrase this poll, otherwise we're not comparing like with like. I mean, how many previous voters might have been under the same misapprehension as me and voted for savoury vs sweet?


What if this is just a philosophical question?
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Ocicat on December 26, 2017, 06:20:22 PM

What if this is just a philosophical question?

Philosophers define their terms.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Languorous Lass on October 18, 2019, 12:04:49 AM
I am very glad that kibitzer posted the test poll to test some testing stuff, because it brought me to this section of the forum, and gave me the opportunity to voice my support for that clearly-superior form of delicious baked goodness, the pie.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: DarrellStanding on October 18, 2019, 12:27:31 AM
I would reply but goatkeeper has already set it all.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Languorous Lass on October 18, 2019, 01:01:49 AM
I would reply but goatkeeper has already set it all.

I appreciate your failure to reply. 
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: DH on April 18, 2021, 03:20:41 PM
Cake.
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: a_jj on October 04, 2021, 02:09:20 PM
Cheesecakes are the way to go!
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: kittybriton on March 22, 2022, 10:58:17 PM
The poll caught my eye, but as a new arrival to the forums I have to answer a question before I can vote:

Is the cake toasted?
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Languorous Lass on March 25, 2022, 03:29:06 AM
Is the cake toasted?

Ooh, good one!
Title: Re: Pie vs. Cake
Post by: Thelifewelllived@gmail.co on June 14, 2022, 08:38:07 AM
Pecan pie is better than any cake.