# Cake vs. Pie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 17, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006 "2010-11-17T18:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/41 "2010-11-18T00:21:38Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Meh pie is better than meh cake, but great pie is inferior to great cake. No, meh cake is better than great pie. In fact, that doesn’t even really work – pie can never really be better than meh. On occasion it’s ok, but in the end, it’s still just pie. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/42 "2010-11-18T00:30:02Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > If only we had some kind of chart to show the percentages of different preferences… 3.14% of people will be whooshed by that. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/43 "2010-11-18T01:09:10Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > My sentiments exactly. Cake is a convenient surface to hold the frosting. I voted cake but only because frosting is the winner (especially chocolate). Cake is merely the vehicle on which it is served. Unfrosted cake (why?) is inferior to pie. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/44 "2010-11-18T01:36:45Z")
1. Black Bottom Pie 2. Pumpkin Pie 3. Lazy Day Lemon Pie 4. Fudge Pecan Pie 5. Apple Pie It would be hard to give up “Liz’s Fruitcake” (Applesauce, Banana, Raisin, Date, Walnut, Spice), but I definitely make more pies than cakes. Now, between Pie and Cookies. . . that would be a hard decision. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/45 "2010-11-18T01:39:09Z")
It really depends on the cake and depends on the pie. But if I really, really, really _have_ to decide, I can only say pie. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/46 "2010-11-18T01:47:31Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > 3.14% of people will be whooshed by that. I figured a crusty guy like you would get it. Piece of cake. Or easy as pie. Would you like a Shepard’s pie? Ah crap. I just now got _your_ joke. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/47 "2010-11-18T01:53:05Z")
I voted for cake because of the frosting, but with the the realization that cheesecake is actually pie, I may have voted incorrectly; cheesecake is the only pie that is always better than cake. Those who named it realized the general superiority of cake and named it in reflection of this fact. Cheesepie doesn’t have the same appeal. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/48 "2010-11-18T03:14:57Z")
Cheesecake \> Pie \> Normal Cake ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/49 "2010-11-18T03:16:21Z")
A really good cherry pie noses out chocolate cake with marshmallow chocolate icing. But it is close and depends on mood. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/50 "2010-11-18T03:22:31Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Blech. Most icing sucks. Agreed. I’ve very rarely had icing that I liked. The other day at work we had a gorgeous cake shaped like a 3D turkey. It was a shame to see it cut up, because all that was left was crappy slices of cake with nauseatingly sweet icing. I used to love icing until I was about five. I ate a bunch of icing one evening and vomited twice that night. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/51 "2010-11-18T03:30:46Z")
Cake is to die for and besides, pie has meringue, which sucks. If only cheesecake were truly cake, there’d be no contest. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/52 "2010-11-18T04:18:45Z")
Pie. I’ve never had a bad cake, but outside of red velvet no cake really gets me excited to get dessert. The average pie is equally good, and lemon meringue/coconut cream/banana cream and even a really well made cherry are near orgasmic. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/53 "2010-11-18T04:30:28Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > doesn’t necessarily have to be sweet. Forgetting about attempted double negative, this means that you suckers who chose ‘cake’ _will never have pizza again_. I hope you enjoy your dank, gray, cold little cake-filled world. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/54 "2010-11-18T04:36:06Z")
I pretty much hate pie so this was easy. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/55 "2010-11-18T04:42:29Z")
Cheesecake wins it for pie I guess. Pumpkin pie is pretty fantastic too (but I would go for cake if cheesecake was cake). ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/56 "2010-11-18T05:47:19Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Forgetting about attempted double negative, this means that you suckers who chose ‘cake’ _will never have pizza again_. > > I hope you enjoy your dank, gray, cold little cake-filled world. Pizza is no more “pie” than cheesecake is “cake.” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/57 "2010-11-18T05:59:30Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > Cheesecake is being counted in the pie catagory, right? Because cheesecake, despite it’s name, is actually a pie. > > If this is correct, then pie by a wide margin. If you decide to be totally nuts and count cheesecake as cake just because it has the work cake in it’s name…well then I just feel sorry for you. > > (if you take cheesecake out of the running altogether then pie \*still \*wins, but by less.) You make an excellent point. Your newsletter, I wish to subscribe. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/58 "2010-11-18T06:01:54Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Pizza is no more “pie” than cheesecake is “cake.” But “Pizza pie” is widely used. And consider, it’s a flat dough, put in a pan with slightly raised sides, filled with toppings and baked in an oven until the crust crisps slightly (depending) and the top browns. Pizza _pie_. Cake has those stoopid ball bearing things on it and frequent mispellings. And besides, we all know the untruthiness of cake. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/59 "2010-11-18T06:04:20Z")
So by your logic, “cheesecake” should count as cake. It’s got “cake” in the name too, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006/60 "2010-11-18T06:18:11Z")
In defense of Cake, I did like “Short Skirt/Long Jacket”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-vs-pie/561006.md?page=4)