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Cheesecake - Pie or Cake???

A cheesecake is a

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Dragonfly

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Is a "traditional" American cheese cake a pie? Or a cake?

Why?
 
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I have no opinion on the matter, however I should like to point out that Paula Deen's Pumpkin Cheesecake is excellent and excellent for this time of year:

Pumpkin Cheesecake
 
Dragonfly said:
Is a cheese cake a pie? Or a cake?

Why?
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I’m going with neither. It doesn’t have flour, so it’s not a cake. And since it doesn’t have a gooey filling like chocolate cream or lemon meringue? It’s not a pie either. If I had to call it SOMETHING, it would simply be “delicious.”
 
It is superior to both pie AND cake, so neither. :)
 
Cake. It says so right in the name. They even have a factory named after it.
 
Dragonfly said:
What's the matter? Chicken?
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No, I would say that well over 99.9% of the questions out there I dont have an opinion on for one reason or another, sometimes because as a man of the East I dont share this Western compulsion to put everything into separate piles.

In this case I dont care if it is a cake or a pie, I only care that it is good.

Try Paula Deens recipe, you will not be sorry.
 
More pie than cake. It's a piecake. :2wave:

Happy Thanksgiving all! Going to eat some pumpkin pie soon!
 
Dragonfly said:
Is a "traditional" American cheese cake a pie? Or a cake?

Why?
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It's a pie because it's a custard.

Raise your hand if you own your own spring form pan.
 
nota bene said:
It's a pie because it's a custard.

Raise your hand if you own your own spring form pan.
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Especially if the main ingredients are nothing more than cream cheese, sugar, and eggs.

Plus if there's a crust...yes, it's a pie.
 
It's a pie. Cakes don't have crusts.
 
Dragonfly said:
Especially if the main ingredients are nothing more than cream cheese, sugar, and eggs.

Plus if there's a crust...yes, it's a pie.
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You forgot the vanilla and also the secret ingredient. ;)
 
It has a crumb crust, and it's baked, so it can't not be a pie.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
No, I would say that well over 99.9% of the questions out there I dont have an opinion on for one reason or another, sometimes because as a man of the East I dont share this Western compulsion to put everything into separate piles.

In this case I dont care if it is a cake or a pie, I only care that it is good.

Try Paula Deens recipe, you will not be sorry.
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Nope. I make my own NY style cheesecake. Takes a total of 6 hours, but OMG it's good!
 
It’s a dessert. It’s own category, just like ice cream or mousse or cookies.
 
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