POLL: Is Cheesecake a cake or a pie?

[Jenise]

Forget the fact that there's 'cake' in the name. It's flat, it's short, there's usually a crust and you cut it into wedges. However, it is made with flour and eggs. Cake or pie?

Have to admit, I tend to think of it more as pie.

[Shaji M]

Pie, I say. Clear demarcation of crust and contents say pie. Lemon bars like I said in another post is probably a kind of pie too..the kind I like to have on vacations!

[Robin Garr]

You left out the "Other" option. It's cheesecake! Sui generis! That's like asking "is cannoli a cake or a pie?"

[Daisy D]

I vote pie. Crust? Yes. Eggs? Yes. Flour? No.

Even if I didn't ignore the fact that 'cake' is in the name, when I think about cake cheesecake doesn't immediately come to mind. But when I think of pie, cheesecake doesn't immediately come to mind then either. It's almost an entity to itself. But that wasn't an option.

[Howie Hart]

It's dessert!

[Robert Reynolds]

Who cares? It's cheesecake!

[Mike Filigenzi]

It's a custard pie. A delicious, delicious custard pie....

[Doug Surplus]

Who cares? It's cheesecake!

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

[Jenise]

You left out the "Other" option. It's cheesecake! Sui generis! That's like asking "is cannoli a cake or a pie?"

On purpose. Categorization WILL occur, and you must choose!

[Karen/NoCA]

The debate goes on, but it is a custard pie or some say a torte. I say who cares.....eat it and enjoy.