Cake vs. Pie

[dreiser]

Which is superior, friendslist? One of my hobbies, which doesn't help at all with my weight loss quest, is baking various pastries and yummy treats. I end up making cake and pie the most. A get together is coming up and I was charged with making some snacks and the great cake vs. pie debate emerged with much to do. It made me curious what people as a whole feel is the more enjoyable treat.

I myself prefer both making and eating cakes. I'm strangely squeamish about food that could get me dirty while eating, it's why I dislike spaghetti with red sauce, and thus I'm not fond of the squishy innards of most fruit pies. I do enjoy making and eating strawberry rhubarb and pecan pie though. But cake remains my mistress.

What about you?

Comments

[tibialmusician.livejournal.com]

Hmm I adore cake but I find pie to be more versatile, I mean cake is dessert plain and simple. wheras pie...pie can be dinner, dessert, whatever it wants.

Pie can be fruit, or nut, or meat or mock-apple.

I can't decide between then honestly. I think in recent years cake has been shafted a bit as most cakes I see/try are very light and dry and with too-sweet frosting. The next time I make a cake I'm going to make a sweet-salty cake for kicks.

[angharad_gov.livejournal.com]

there are always custardy pies if fruit pies seem too messy:
http://southernfood.about.com/od/chesspies/Chess_Pies_and_Custard_Pies.htm

but if cake is your thing, by all means cake! :)

[dreiser.livejournal.com]

I prefer cake but I do enjoy some pies. I've made a few chess pies before. Chocolate, lemon, buttermilk, and coconut. Not so fond of custard. I do like fruit pies but I'm just weird about messy food. lol.

I'm going with cake though because I've yet to find a cake recipe I didn't like to eat and make. Not the same with pie.

[wolfie.livejournal.com]

CAAAAAAAAAAAAKE <3

*points to your icon and signs*

[tibialmusician.livejournal.com]

Nya nya nya!

agh it's in my head >

[nikim.livejournal.com]

I like pie better than cake because I don't like really sweet things and it's easier to make pies less sweet. My most favorite dessert ever is a blackberry cobbler though. That's kinda like a pie, right?

[sulkygeek.livejournal.com]

pie!!

p.s. I have issues about food getting me dirty, too. I have this weird thing about food in which the bites are too big-- like, biting a really big hamburger, the corners of my mouth feel "dirty" because of it and as a consequence, I feel dirty.