Personally, I would classify it as a pie. It's circular; cut into slices like the very popular pie chart; has the texture of pumpkin pie, and has a graham cracker pie crust.
Posted by lucy hummer (Member # 7740) on :
yeah, but lots of cakes are shaped and cut the same, though they rarely have crusts, that's what makes it a pie for me.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
Cheesecake...?
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
It sounds better than cheesepie.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
It's pie. Specifically, it's a custard pie. Alton Brown said so. Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
Well, if Alton said it, I change my mind. It's a pie.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
If it has crust, it's a pie.
Posted by Zarex (Member # 8504) on :
Cheesecake vs. Cheesepie
Both taste great so same diff to me.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
It's a pie!
Despite their names Ice Cream Cake and Cheese Cake have nothing to do with cake in the modern interpretation. Neither does the "cake" in "let them eat cake."
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
*eats all the cheesewhatever while you are all talking*
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Good move dagonee. Why didn't I think of that first?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
You make cheese cake in a springform pan. There is such a thing as cheese pie, and you make it in a pie pan.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
It better be cake- that's what I have for my birthday. It's not birthday PIE.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Cheesecake made in a springform pan is a cake. However, what my family calls cheesecake is actually "cheesecake pie". And that's what I like best.
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
If the sides go straight up and down, it's a cake. If they go up and out, it's a pie.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
What if the whole thing is structurally unsound, and lists to one side?
(or maybe I'm thinking of rum cake?)
Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :
You mean the actual cake, or you after eating it?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Good point. I'll think about that. After dessert.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Question: Cheesecake: Pie or Cake? Answer: Niether pie nor cake. It's cheesecake.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
quote:Originally posted by Paul Goldner: Good move dagonee. Why didn't I think of that first?
No kidding. I am so craving a piece of cheese...mumble right now.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Who cares? It tastes good, which is all that matters.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
I don't think the definitions of "pie" and "cake" are based on what they look like or what kind of pan they're made in. It seems to me the deciding factor is what goes into them. It is the ingredients that define the food.
On that basis, cheesecake is a custard pie. The use of "cake" in its name is simple enough to explain--whoever named it got it wrong. It happens.
Posted by Rico (Member # 7533) on :
MmMmMmMm cheesecake...
*drools*
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
How about a sweet quiche.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Actually, upon reseaching definitions, it is a minimally clad woman.
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