Pie and Cake Recipes

Without considering the savoury variant, pie recipes usually consist of pastry, with a wide range of fillings.

This the general view. Specifics in shape and texture may make the difference between pies and cakes less obvious.

A rule of thumb: anything made of soft and spongy batter is cake while bread like pastry as a carrier with filling would define it as a pie.

The pastry base can be shortcrust, puff pastry or filo (phyllo), with or without sugar.

It gets confusing when a cake base carries a good amount of filling like with the German Obsttorte. It looks like a pie though!

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Pie Listing:

Smurfs Pie

Pie recipes can also vary in size, going from tarts to tartlets and anything inbetween.

Or they can have the pastry layered, inverted and even on top of the filling, the main ingredient. The latter can be found as crumbles or cobblers.

A Comparison

X	Pie	Cake
IN VOLUME/SIZE	The pastry is usually low in volume compared to filling.	Usually is the main ingredient.
FEEL	Crumbly and stuffed.	Spongy and soft.
CONTENT	Often there's a filling partially or entirely covered with pastry.	May be layered and covered with a cream type.
TASTE	Can be neutral, salty or sweet in taste.	Is always sweet in varying degrees.
NUTRITION	The nutritive value is higher.	The nutritive value is lower.
APPEARANCE	Often decorated or neutral.	Often filled and/or decorated.

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