Cake:
Cake is a sweet baked dessert which is made from eggs, sugar, butter, oil, flour, baking soda or baking powder.
Pie:
Pie is a baked dish which contains sweet and savory ingredients usually made of pastry dough. Crusts define pies.
Differences:
| Basis | Cake | Pie |
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| Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com) | An item of soft sweet food made from a mixture of flour, fat, eggs, sugar, and other ingredients, baked and sometimes iced or decorated | A baked dish of fruit, or meat and vegetables, typically with a top and base of pastry |
| Synonyms | Solidify, pastry, stiffen, chunk, coagulate | Flan, dessert, piece of cake, tart, quiche |
| Antonyms | Entitle, allow, admit | Limit, actually |
| Types | Its types are:
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| History | It was originated in America. | It was originated in Egypt. |
| Word origin | The word cake was originated from Middle English (denoting a small flat bread roll): of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish kaka and Danish kage. | The word pie was originated from Middle English: probably the same word as pie, the various combinations of ingredients being compared to objects randomly collected by a magpie. |
| Consist | There are layers in between the cake. | There is some stuffing inside a pie. |
| Nature | Cakes are sweet, spongy and soft in nature. | Pies are stuffy in nature. |
| Made up of | Cake is usually made from a flour-based batter which is then baked. | Pie is made up of crust on the top and bottom filled before chilling or baking. |
| Taste | They are always sweet in taste. | Their taste depends upon their flavors. |
| Nutritive value | Here the nutritive value is less compared to the pies. | Here the nutritive value is more compared to cakes. |
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