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Is cheesecake a cake or a pie? Unraveling the creamy conundrum with delicious insights

Ricardo Davis

– Cheesecake is a dessert with a tangy-meets-sweet flavor and creamy texture.
– It can be served plain or topped with fruit, chocolate, or caramel.
– It is made with a buttery pressed crust, often made from graham crackers, sugar, and butter.
– The filling consists of cream cheese, sugar, and eggs, which firms up when baked.
– Cheesecakes can also be made without baking, using a base crust and a cream cheese filling without eggs.
– Cakes are typically made with a mixture of dry and wet ingredients, including flour, leavening agents, eggs, milk, oil, and butter, and are baked in a pan.
– Pies have a buttery pastry crust as a base and are baked with a sweet or savory filling.
– According to Merriam-Webster’s definition, cheesecake does not fit the criteria for a cake.
– Cheesecake is closer to a pie in terms of its crust and filling structure.
– It is considered a hybrid between cake and pie, with its own unique characteristics.
– The crust is typically made with graham crackers, but can also use chocolate cookie crumbs or ginger snaps.
– Cheesecake can be baked or made as a no-bake dessert.
– Cheesecake does not fit the definition of a cake as it is not made from a thick batter.
– It also does not fit the definition of a pie as it does not have a buttery pastry crust and a sweet or savory filling.
– Therefore, cheesecake is considered a hybrid between cake and pie, in its own category.

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Is Cake Bread the Perfect Combination of Dessert and Staple Food for the Baking Enthusiasts?

Ricardo Davis

– Cake bread is not considered bread in the traditional sense.
– Cake bread belongs to a category called quick breads.
– Quick breads do not use yeast to rise, instead they use baking powder or baking soda.
– Yeast is what differentiates bread from cake.
– Breads require flour, water, salt, and yeast to fit the traditional definition of bread.
– The article discusses the difference between bread and cake.
– Bread is typically made with yeast and requires proofing and rising time.
– Cake is made with baking powder or baking soda and does not require proofing.
– Both bread and cake use flour and salt as their base ingredients.
– Some breads can be sweet like cakes, and some cakes can be baked in loaf pans like bread.
– The main difference between bread and cake is the use of yeast.
– If a dough did not contain yeast and was not proofed, it is technically cake, not bread.
– The article mentions different types of enriched breads that taste and act like cake.
– Popular examples include brioche, panettone, babka, challah, bara brith, and stollen.
– These breads contain ingredients like butter, eggs, sugar, dried fruits, and spices.
– Cakes are made with flour, eggs, sugar, and butter, leavened with baking soda or baking powder.
– Cakes do not require proofing time.
– Bread is made with yeast as a leavening agent and requires proofing or rising time.
– Pastries, like croissants, are made with flour, water, and fat such as butter, without yeast.
– Some pastries and desserts, such as cinnamon rolls and sweet buns, are classified as breads because they include yeast and require proofing before baking.
– The article discusses the differences between bread, cake, and pastries.
– While breads are made with flour and yeast, cakes are enriched with eggs, butter, milk, sugar, and other flavors and spices, and do not require yeast.
– Breads need to be kneaded and allowed to proof or rise before baking, while cake batter is directly placed in the oven.
– Some breads can taste like cake due to enriched dough and added ingredients such as dried fruits, candied peels, sugar, cinnamon, and chocolate.
– Popular sweet breads include brioche, cinnamon rolls, Chelsea buns, hot cross buns, and sticky buns.
– Pastries have a flaky texture and are made by combining flour with fats like butter or shortening.
– Pastries are not classified as bread even though they may taste similar to bread.

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Unleash your creativity with this delectable Fruity Pebbles Cake: A colorful and scrumptious dessert masterpiece!

Ricardo Davis

Ingredients:
– Fruity Pebbles cereal
– Standard pantry ingredients for homemade vanilla buttercream

Equipment:
– Mixing bowls
– Baking pans
– Strainer
– Electric mixer (handheld or stand mixer)
– Medium and large mixing bowls
– Measuring cups and spoons
– Whisk
– Spatula
– Two 9-inch cake pans

Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
2. Grease or spray two 9-inch cake pans with butter-flavored cooking spray.
3. In a mixing bowl, beat softened butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
4. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt.
5. Add egg whites and vanilla to the butter and sugar mixture, followed by the dry ingredients and cereal milk.
6. Fold in the remaining Fruity Pebbles.
7. Divide the batter between the prepared cake pans.
8. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
9. Let the cakes cool for 5 minutes in the pans, then transfer them to cooling racks to cool completely.
10. In a medium bowl, whip softened butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla bean paste to make the homemade vanilla buttercream frosting. Add milk if needed to achieve desired consistency.
11. Once the cakes are fully cooled, frost them with the buttercream.
12. Decorate with additional Fruity Pebbles if desired.

Facts about Fruity Pebbles:
– Fruity Pebbles cereal was first introduced in 1971.
– It is marketed as an excellent source of vitamins and minerals.
– Fruity Pebbles is gluten-free but not vegan-friendly.
– In a ¾ cup serving, there are 9 grams of sugar.

Tips for storing the cake:
– The frosted cake can be stored at room temperature for 2-3 days, covered with plastic wrap or a cake dome if sliced.
– It can also be refrigerated for up to a week or frozen for about 2 months.
– To eat a frozen slice, defrost it in the refrigerator overnight.

Other cereal options:
– Other cereals like Fruit Loops, Cap’n Crunch, or Cinnamon Toast Crunch can be used in this recipe but would need to be chopped.
– Cocoa Pebbles can also be used as a substitute.

Additional information:
– Cereal milk is made by pouring cereal into milk and letting it sit for at least 30 minutes to infuse flavor.
– Cereal milk became popular through a bakery called Milk Bar.
– This recipe also provides instructions for making homemade vanilla buttercream frosting.
– The nutritional information for the cake is provided, with 875 calories, 121g of carbohydrates, 5g of protein, and 43g of fat.

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