ESL Vocabulary and Idioms

Re: cake or pie?

CalifJim — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:29:58 GMT

Cake on the left; pie on the right.
Cake is made from a mixture of flour, sugar, butter, eggs, and a raising agent.
It has a sweet topping called frosting.

Pie has a filling of fruit or custard in a pastry shell.

Note this exception: What is traditionally called "Boston Cream Pie" is actually a cake.

CJ

Re: cake or pie?

Philip — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:26:24 GMT

Eire wrote:

What's the difference between a cake and a pie? The other day I was teaching some vocabulary related to food and my students asked me the difference between a cake and a pie. I didn't know what to say.

Thanks a lot,

Maite.

I think a quick "images" search at Google will help you out.

cake or pie?

Eire — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:43:18 GMT

What's the difference between a cake and a pie? The other day I was teaching some vocabulary related to food and my students asked me the difference between a cake and a pie. I didn't know what to say.

Thanks a lot,

Maite.