Comments on: Cake or Pie?

By: jwsharrard

jwsharrard — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:11:18 +0000

I like both, but will usually choose pie.

Key to that decision, though, is knowing that Aunt Millie makes both well. While I really enjoy homemade pie, I’m not a huge fan of most store-bought pies. Thus, if I knew Aunt Millie were the type of person to buy her desserts from the grocery store, I would probably choose cake.

By: V

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:22:53 +0000

It depends on what kind of cake and pie are being offered. I like both dessert formats equally, but I have one very notable food prejudice when it comes to desserts — no cherries. That prejudice is off set by a willingness to try new things. A slice of the same old thing will be ignored for something new and different — as long as it doesn’t include cherries.

By: MIL

MIL — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:29:23 +0000

Pie….nature’s most perfect food……well that’s what “Michael the angel” says in the movie Michael. I agree with Aurora…there are so many choices.

Well, with the exception of our famous Carrot Cake…..pie, pie, and more pie.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:36:52 +0000

Cake. Bonus points if it’s in cupcake format - but I’ll take the delicious frosting and spongy cake any way I can get it!

By: Tom 7

Tom 7 — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:46:15 +0000

Pie. It’s easier to decide what kind of dessert I will prefer: Is it creamy? Then I prefer it. Pies are usually creamier than cakes.

By: Lexica

Lexica — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:14:35 +0000

Pie, no question. I prefer fruit to chocolate, and the chances of getting something fruit-based are much better with a pie than with a cake, IMO.

By: Kitarra

Kitarra — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:22:32 +0000

Cake. Mostly because I like frosting. I will lick the frosting off of a cake and leave little denuded cake slices. And frosting is almost always good. Pie… I eat filling. Not so much crust and most often the filling is far too gelatinous for me anyway.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:41:58 +0000

My thinking is similar to Zil’s. My favorite pie (pecan) is better than any cake. But I like all cakes and don’t like all pies (coconut cream for instance). Therefore I take a page from minimax decision theory (minimizing the maximum possible loss) and opt for cake. It may not maximize my dessert enjoyment, but it will minimize my maximum possible dessert regret.

By: Chellie

Chellie — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 05:37:56 +0000

Cake, definitely. I’m very picky about pies and I wouldn’t want to be stuck with lemon meringue (which I abhor) or someone’s botched coconut cream (which I adore when it’s good).
Cake is cake - some is amazing, some is meh, but even dry cake is better than a botched pie!

By: justin

justin — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:20:34 +0000

the more thought i put into this, the more my answer changes. my favorite cake may be chocolate with mocha frosting (made by mom, standing in for aunt millie), and my favorite pie is probably pecan (again, mom). i can’t choose between the two based on favoritism, so my vote is purely quantitative- the cake, i’ll eat the whole piece, every last dollop of icing, lick the napkin, ask for more; the pie, i’ll eat the whole thing except maybe some scraps of the outermost crust (the crimped part at the edge of the tin), unless there’s ice cream to accompany but regardless, i’ll lick the napkin and ask for more. for the sake of giving you an answer, due to the leftover scraps of pie crust on my plate, CAKE wins. barely.