Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> I'd much rather have a pie any day than a cake, although I do like some
> "specialty" cakes.

Smae here. Cake? Ho hum!

> Our family had some traditional cakes that are rarely
> made today; Amalgamation Cake, Lord Baltimore and Lady Baltimore Cakes,

Ok, what are these?


> Fresh Coconut Cake (unlike any other I've ever had),

Sounds delicioso!

> and Fresh Orange Cake.
> All of those are labor intensive and I rarely make them.
>
> Wellesley Fudge Cake and Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate Cake are
> my two favorite chocolate cakes, and they're easy to make.
>
> Pies of almost any type; fresh fruit, chocolate, banana, and coconut cream
> pies, chess pie, pecan pie, etc. To me, all pies are easy to make.

What is chess pie?

I would take a piece of pie - any kind - over any cake except for maybe
Carrot (a good home-made one with walnuts and lots of spice) or Italian
Wedding Cake. Other than that, I don't care if I ever eat cake.

Cookies, OTOH...

-L.