History’s delicious debate,
Seems to be that of pie vs. cake,
Why it does seem nearly unfair,
With cake and all it’s stately layers.
It’s intense flavor variety,
Must send pie to minority,
For apple, strawberry and peach,
If I want fruit, that’s what I’ll eat.
Though some differ in conclusion,
Unequal frosting distribution,
Makes it seem almost a crime,
Swaying the arguments towards pie.
In utility pie gets the mark,
Whoever heard of a cake chart?
And it does little to compare,
In equaling to mc squared.
But all of this math’s too much work,
When I’m thinking about dessert,
So I’ll give all of this a break,
And I’ll just cast my vote with cake.
But my opinion might waver,
All depending on the flavor,
It’s chocolate pie all day and night,
If the cake is just plain old white.
A response to Tom Balistreri on his blog Ode To Pie. Thanks for the inspiration, Tom!
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Toss up between cherry cheesecake or cherry pie for me. Great job with this, and the pic or drawing fits perfectly!
Thanks! Right, like I guess the flavor matters more than the actual product…same for me!
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Well cheers young Marissa – that was just what an old diabetic needed. Do you realize I shall now have to check my sugar levels!
Oh man, I forget to post that any harm that diabetics may incur after reading this poem are not the responsibility of the writer.
You could just say “No diabetics were injured when producing this post”. That should get you off the hook.
Marissa (sorry young Marissa) I did allow myself half a shortbread upon reading your post!
Oh, okay! (Or maybe not okay at all…)
No worries – just 11 stone 6 lbs for the last dozen years (plus 12k cross training every day). I once let myself get to nearly 20 stone just working and eating! Hence the diabetes yet I keep myself out of the zone these day. By the way I lost all the weight in just 7 months – boast, boast, boast!
Hey, that something to boast about. People have a lot of trouble losing weight!
I think I just gained half a stone just reading this… but I concur! Chocolate pie if the cake is white! All other flavours just wish they were chocolate anyway… why not just cut to the chase? 🙂 Great poem — love it! MH
Ah, a woman after my own heart!
Coconut cream for me please.
Mine is not to wonder why,
mine is to eat,
both cake and pie.
🙂
Okay! Why not?
Super!
Oh, now I want dessert so badly! And I would eat both pie and cake.
Let’s all just take a dessert break, shall we?
Is there no subject you cannot conquer through verse? You are amazing….a true battle for your bulge here! Perfect again.
Thank you. Well, I did have some inspiration…
HA!! Yes chocolate anything over vanilla!!
I personally vote for cookies!!
Cookies?! Oh no you didn’t!
Bring it girl…
whacha gotta say about them cookies? !
Actually, I was just thinking that after all the cake and pie talk, cookies was just too much to think about. I’ll gladly take a cookie…especially a chocolate one… and not an oatmeal raisin…
My apologies for coming out fist up… I think I’m needing a good fight… do you have any battles you need fought?
Oh no, not a problem! I appreciate the feistiness!
🙂
Thanks!
Oh no. Thank you. ❤️ You’re awesome and that goes for both of your pie poems.
I have heard of cake walks. But I have never heard of a cake fight. So you know who’s the toughest on the block. A cake walk or pie fight?
Oh gosh. Well, you know pies just look a little tougher, you know, kind of small and compact, whereas cake just looks like it would topple over. So I guess you have a point there. (Why, are they beating each other up?)
Yes, in a food fight. Now there is a prompt for you to take on.
I like it. Just think I tired out cake and pie. I need different foods. Although I actually am getting ready to publish something about a food fight of Thanksgiving.
Reminds me of the song Andie MacDowell sings in the movie Michael about pie. My personal preference is pie over cake any time. Especially sweet-tart cherry pie with vanilla ice cream! I’m not much for chocolate but the Marie Callendar’s chocolate silk pie is yummy!
I’ve never seen that movie. I’d say “I’ll have to check it out but since all things media related are controlled by my kids, small chance of that. Maybe a clip on Youtube? Anyway, you can sit at my table any time for dessert. I know you won’t make me share!
You may enjoy a film called “Waitress.” Pie is the star! 🙂
Oh, I’ll have to check that out, thanks!
I’m a cheesecake girl myself. Or sometimes cake. But never pie. Ever. Great poem, though. 🙂
Interesting. Yes, I could do a good cheesecake…especially a chocolate one!
Yes, the only problem I have with cheesecake is deciding on only one. I love ’em all! (Well, most of ’em anyway.)
I’m suddenly remembering my stash of chocolate Halloween candy. There’s still some left but I wish it was a chocolate-turtle cheesecake!
Yep, I tried to wish my Halloween candy into a molten lava cake. It didn’t work.
The cake chart line is absolutely a stroke of genius!
Thanks Phil!
Wow! A lip-smacking poem! I love both pie and cake. I’d be torn! Let’s not debate anymore. Let’s just have ’em both 🙂
Sounds good to me!
Make my cake!! Preferably with cream cheese icing 🙂
A woman after my own heart!!