The main difference between cake and pie is how they are both made. Cake is a bread-like food. It is typically sweet with layers of sweet icing. There can be multiple layers of cake stacked on top of each other and can be decorated anyway, and in any shape.The main ingredients of a cake is butter, flour, baking powder, and milk.
There is many cake flavors to choose from like chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, marble, and more. Cake was started in America. Cakes are often songy, soft, and sweet. It is usually made from a flour-base and then is baked. Cake is sweet when tasted and contains lots of flavor.
Cakes are usually room temperature or cooled, the reason for this is because of the icing. If the cake was hot, the icing would melt off. Cakes are baked on a sheet pan or in round layers, baking between 300 – 400 degrees depending on the pan that is used. A pie can have either savory or sweet flavors with a top and base of pastry. Pies are served warm but can also be served as room temperature. People choose what gooey filling goes into their crusted pie.
Pie started originally in Egypt, and are stuffy in nature. Pie is made up of crust on the bottom and top, filled, and baked to perfection. The pie’s flavor depends on the flavor you put in or on. The ingredients for a pie includes milk, flour, and eggs. Pies are baked in a round pan, baking between 375 – 400 degrees. Pie is often topped with ice cream and or whipped cream.
Yet cake and pie have a lot of similarities. Both are known as a dessert. They both can be topped with anything you are flavor goes with, or just plain. Cake and pie can either be homemade or store bought. Both come in a variety of flavors.