Why is Boston Creme Pie called a pie when it's clearly a cake?

[blue neen]

It doesn't even resemble a pie. What's up with that?

[mcscajun]

1. Nope...it sure doesn't.

And like Cheesecake ain't a cake...Boston Cream Pie ain't a pie. But unlike cheesecake, IMHO, it is really GOOD! Yum


"...in New England the colonists used to bake cakes in pie tins as most people only had pie pans not cake pans. The first reference to Boston Cream Pie was when a New York newspaper in 1855 ran a recipe for a 'pudding pie cake'."

[blue neen]

2. I do like it. Ice cold.

That chocolate on the top makes it!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

3. It's got a pie crust, that's why.

And it's DEEEEEEEEEEE licious too!
and hey, what about Eskimo Pies?

[TlalocW]

4. Probably another liberal plot from "Tax-A-Chussetts"

Gay marriage, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy... Now Boston Creme "Pie."

TlalocW