I feel like having this debate again: Is cheesecake a pie or a cake?

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]It's a pie.....and it is misnamed.KrunkMastaX

[QUOTE="KrunkMastaX"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"]It's a pie.....and it is misnamed.LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

Cake otherwise it would be called cheese pie.

mrbojangles25

yea, but you order "jumbo shrimp" at a restuarant and theyre still pretty small. I expect anything with the title of "jumbo" to be at least as big as my hand...but no...those jumbo shrimps are a few grams larger than just plain ol' shrimps

If you're going to use examples for your argument theres an easier, more obvious example; Is a tomato a vegetable? No, it's a fruit. As much as I'd like it to be a cake - 'cause I like cake - I can't deny that it is a pie.

AzzoLovesBirdy

I hate to repeat myself but:

Pie: A layer cake having cream, custard, or jelly filling. So if a pie can be a cake, why can't a cake be a pie?

I mean, just type cheesecake and chocolate cake in google... They are both cakes.

bloodling

I agree, it is a pie. Here is a link for this. (the first sentence under "S t y l e s")

It is a cake - you bake it in an open-topped tin.

It has not a pastry crust of any kind.

Its a Cake this is silly its not even up for debate. Go look up the definition for Pie.

Then again im a prat and i find myself agreeing with the Pie guys.

It is a cake - you bake it in an open-topped tin.

It has not a pastry crust of any kind.

MissLibrarian

I feel like I can categorize cheesecake all by itself.

I consider it to be more like a pie.

Honestly I've never considered it to be either. If someone said to go and buy a pie, I'd probably not choose a cheesecake. If they said buy a cake, I probably wouldn't choose a cheesecake. It's not sufficiently cake or pie like for me to be confident in selecting it in either situation.cjek

i hate cheesecake

its too sugary for one and also i hate cream cheese

[QUOTE="MissLibrarian"]

It is a cake - you bake it in an open-topped tin.

It has not a pastry crust of any kind.

LJS9502_basic

exactly, and a pastry crust at that.

batters generally consist of flour, eggs, milk, and other stuff, lending a bready texture

crusts consist of a starch (flour, gram crackers, oreos, etc) and butter, lending a flaky texture.

pies (and cheesecakes) have crusts

It's a cake because it's just like chocolate cake (well, the one I eat) and it doesn't have crust on top of it.

bloodling

Its both. Thread over.KrunkMastaX

I voted cake just to tie things up at 22 votes each. 8)MagikarpSplash

If you're going to use examples for your argument theres an easier, more obvious example; Is a tomato a vegetable? No, it's a fruit. As much as I'd like it to be a cake - 'cause I like cake - I can't deny that it is a pie.

AzzoLovesBirdy

I hate to repeat myself but:

Pie: A layer cake having cream, custard, or jelly filling. So if a pie can be a cake, why can't a cake be a pie?

I mean, just type cheesecake and chocolate cake in google... They are both cakes.

bloodling

[QUOTE="KrunkMastaX"] Nope.. you have to debate one side or the other. Be decisive! [QUOTE="KrunkMastaX"] Then why the bloody hell isnt it called "CheesePie"?JustPlainLucas

Who misnamed it?KrunkMastaX

haha I can see it now

"Hmmmm why did you make a pie?"
*in thick Russian accent* "Its not pie...its cake
"Really? Hmmm it sort of looks like a pi-"
"NO! It cake! Not pie! We call cheesecake!"

It is a cake - you bake it in an open-topped tin.

It has not a pastry crust of any kind.

MissLibrarian

Its a Cake this is silly its not even up for debate. Go look up the definition for Pie.

Then again im a prat and i find myself agreeing with the Pie guys.

jwsoul

Pizza is a pie :oSajedene

haha I can see it now

"Hmmmm why did you make a pie?"
*in thick Russian accent* "Its not pie...its cake
"Really? Hmmm it sort of looks like a pi-"
"NO! It cake! Not pie! We call cheesecake!"

mrbojangles25

[QUOTE="Sajedene"]Pizza is a pie :oJustPlainLucas

Cake otherwise it would be called cheese pie.

Pirate700

I think it's a pie. Pies are usually not baked, but cakes are.

Then why the hell is it called a pie?!Sajedene

well its certainly not a cheesepie right ?gubrushadow

Who cares: it's good.rockguy92

This.

Definitely this.

I put it into the same category as pudding, and crumble. So it's not really either. It share's some pie qualities, but the crust isn't (normally) a pastry crust.

I never thought about this before, but I have to agree. If the "cheese" was anything else you'd call it a pie.

[QUOTE="MissLibrarian"]

It is a cake - you bake it in an open-topped tin.

It has not a pastry crust of any kind.

LJS9502_basic

To me, its a pie.

One day, I'm going to open a correctional facility. All admittances will be determined by the answer to this question. If they answer "pie," they shall be corrected. :x

One day, I'm going to open a correctional facility. All admittances will be determined by the answer to this question. If they answer "pie," they shall be corrected. :x

Theokhoth

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

One day, I'm going to open a correctional facility. All admittances will be determined by the answer to this question. If they answer "pie," they shall be corrected. :x

McJugga

[QUOTE="McJugga"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

One day, I'm going to open a correctional facility. All admittances will be determined by the answer to this question. If they answer "pie," they shall be corrected. :x

Theokhoth

8)

That's right, sit down boy.

[QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"][QUOTE="MissLibrarian"]

It is a cake - you bake it in an open-topped tin.

It has not a pastry crust of any kind.

MissLibrarian

I'm disappointed to see cake winning by such a large margin in the polls.... V_VMcJugga