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cheesecake[ cheez-keyk ]SHOW IPA
noun
Also cheese cake . a cake having a firm custardlike texture, made with cream cheese, cottage cheese, or both, and sometimes topped with a jamlike fruit mixture.
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by Infected Mushroom » Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:58 am
cheesecake[ cheez-keyk ]SHOW IPA
noun
Also cheese cake . a cake having a firm custardlike texture, made with cream cheese, cottage cheese, or both, and sometimes topped with a jamlike fruit mixture.
by Nobel Hobos 2 » Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:22 am
Forsher wrote:A cake is a medium or large baked sweet good that is capable of maintaining its own shape, is neither brittle nor fully encased, and has an appreciable vertical component. It is also not bread.
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Sweet breads are bread so they fail the exclusion test.
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by The New California Republic » Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:16 am
by Ethel mermania » Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:19 am
by Forsher » Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:20 am
Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:Forsher wrote:A cake is a medium or large baked sweet good that is capable of maintaining its own shape, is neither brittle nor fully encased, and has an appreciable vertical component. It is also not bread.
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Sweet breads are bread so they fail the exclusion test.
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So, bread has to be raised with yeast?
If a baked good is (a) sweet, (b) raised with bicarb and (c) has an "appreciable" vertical component ... is it a cake only because there's nothing else it could be?
"Fully encased" makes no sense to me.
by Infected Mushroom » Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:26 am
by The New California Republic » Thu Sep 24, 2020 5:52 am
Alvecia wrote:I consider most round deserts to be cakes
by Atheris » Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:49 am
by Sanghyeok » Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:47 am
Infected Mushroom wrote:I believe in the power of the dictionary in settling this debate, that's just me =)
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by Sanghyeok » Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:49 am
どんな時も、赤旗の眩しさを覚えていた
Magical socialist paradise headed by an immortal, tea-loving and sometimes childish Chairwoman who happens to be the younger Ōmiya sister
by Alternamerica » Thu Sep 24, 2020 10:22 am
by The New California Republic » Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:00 am
Sanghyeok wrote:So far, the poll results show that:
Nearly 56% think cupcakes are a cake
Nearly 58% think cheesecake (American-style) is a cake
60% think cheesecake (Japanese-style) is a cake
Nearly 56% think ice cream cake is a cake
by The Blaatschapen » Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:01 am
by Alternamerica » Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:17 am
by Sanghyeok » Thu Sep 24, 2020 11:41 am
どんな時も、赤旗の眩しさを覚えていた
Magical socialist paradise headed by an immortal, tea-loving and sometimes childish Chairwoman who happens to be the younger Ōmiya sister
by Katganistan » Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:49 pm
by Sanghyeok » Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:51 pm
Katganistan wrote:If you invite people over for coffee and cake and serve cheesecake, literally no one is protesting that it is not a cake.
どんな時も、赤旗の眩しさを覚えていた
Magical socialist paradise headed by an immortal, tea-loving and sometimes childish Chairwoman who happens to be the younger Ōmiya sister
by Sanghyeok » Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:52 pm
The New California Republic wrote:Sanghyeok wrote:So far, the poll results show that:
Nearly 56% think cupcakes are a cake
Nearly 58% think cheesecake (American-style) is a cake
60% think cheesecake (Japanese-style) is a cake
Nearly 56% think ice cream cake is a cake
Given that you can select all options—like I did—the results are essentially meaningless.
どんな時も、赤旗の眩しさを覚えていた
Magical socialist paradise headed by an immortal, tea-loving and sometimes childish Chairwoman who happens to be the younger Ōmiya sister
by The Sands Casino » Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:16 pm
by The New California Republic » Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:21 pm
The Sands Casino wrote:Sorry for throwing this in, but how about oatcakes?
And for those who suggest cheesecake is a pudding, what about Yorkshire pudding and black pudding?
by Sanghyeok » Thu Sep 24, 2020 3:29 pm
The New California Republic wrote:The Sands Casino wrote:Sorry for throwing this in, but how about oatcakes?
And for those who suggest cheesecake is a pudding, what about Yorkshire pudding and black pudding?
A better question would be whether or not the following are cakes:
Crabcake.
Fishcake.
Potato cake.
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