2007-03-15 15:39:37 · 9 answers · asked by mc8oB3r 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
i actually make both. i have one recipe that i put in a prepared
'pie' crust and one that i bake as you would any other 'cake'.
it all depends on how you make it.
2007-03-16 04:37:52 · answer #1 · answered by deeshair 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cheesecake is a sweet, cheese-based cake. Cheesecake is one of the most common cake in the world and perhaps one of the oldest involving dairy other than milk. Definately not a pie because it doesnt ever have pudding or fruit filling
2007-03-15 22:47:33 · answer #2 · answered by LadyL 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think of cheesecake baked using a spring form pan as a cake. I also think of cheesecake in a pie tin, pie.
2007-03-15 22:52:37 · answer #3 · answered by wahini on shore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the word cake refers to any type of (square or round) deep dish food, no matter if it is sweet or not.
Nevertheless, the meaning of the word pie is related to baked pastry (including some types of finger food pastry), regardless of its shape of if it is sweet or not.
So technically, a cheesecake is a cake, and a all pies are cakes, but no all cakes are pies...
2007-03-15 23:42:43 · answer #4 · answered by etherberg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I thought it was a pie but look..
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cheesecake
2007-03-15 22:44:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's considered cake because it origionally had no side and top crust. So Iwould say, Cake.
2007-03-15 22:44:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is made from scratch it is a cake, if made from a box it is a pie
2007-03-15 23:29:40 · answer #7 · answered by debijean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to Alton Brown from the food network it is pie and he knows everything
2007-03-15 22:47:03 · answer #8 · answered by sued 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ITS A CAKE
2007-03-16 00:20:57 · answer #9 · answered by mzfiestychick92 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋