Poll: Cheesecake pie or cake?

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This conundrum has troubled me for awhile. Does anyone know the answer?

 

[Glerken]

It's a cheesecake.

 

[Supernovajake]

The clue is in the name.

 

[Eiseman]

The clue is in the name.

I thought so. It's a kind of cheese then.

 

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but its built like a pie

 

[Daezd]

BUT IT SAYS CAKE.


The pastry gods are cruel ones.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

Cake.
CheeseCAKE.

 

[Mrsoupcup]

The cake is a pie?

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

If it's in a pie pan and has a crust, it's pie.

 

[xitel]

Cheesecake is named cheesecake because it's made using cream cheese in the filling. As such it is neither a cake or a pie, but it is made with a cake of cheesecake instead of filling, so it's got the suffix of "cake".

 

[Glerken]

The cake is a pie?

Oh, I see what you did there.

 

[Glerken]

Cheesecake is named cheesecake because it's made using cream cheese in the filling. As such it is neither a cake or a pie, but it is made with a cake of cheesecake instead of filling, so it's got the suffix of "cake".

So I was right in my first post.

It's a cheesecake.

I am indeed smart.

 

[PureChaos]

i'm surprised no-one has brought up the Jaffacake (it is officially a cake, by the way)

 

[Mrsoupcup]

The cake is a pie?

I like you.

I vote pie. Just LOOK at it! No cake is that delicious. I think it doesn't mean cake like cake the pastry you're thinking of, I think it means cake like a flat compact mass of something. Urinal cakes? Rice cakes? I think it's just dense and round and therefore has the technical meaning of cake not the culinary meaning :B

Well with cakes there is what you said rice cakes, urinal cakes, crab cakes (EWWWW) and such but with pie you get apple pie, and other yummy fuits and then you get meat pies that have beef and chicken. (Yum) Also who would want a pile of ice cream just shaped like a cake?

 

[Supernovajake]

The clue is in the name.

I thought so. It's a kind of cheese then.

Haha. I think you know what I mean

 

[sky14kemea]

i's leaning towards the pie side, but im gonna agree with xitel because of the risk of looking even stupider than i normally do

 

[RagnorakTres]

No. A cheesecake is a pie. Specifically, a custard pie. It is exactly the same as key lime pie (which is almost as delicious). Alton Brown did a whole show about it. This man is a professional chef. Will you doubt his word?

 

[WinkyTheGreat]

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/43299

Some good answers for you there.