Pudding vs. Cake — What's the Difference?

A dessert made by thickening milk with cornstarch or other agents.

A dessert typically frosted and decorated for celebrations.

A soft dish, served chilled or warm, enjoyed after meals.

A confection made in various shapes and sizes, often served with icing.

A creamy dessert often flavored with chocolate or vanilla.

A sweet baked good made from a batter or dough.

Any of various soft, sweet, thick-textured dishes.

Cake is a form of sweet food made from flour, sugar, and other ingredients, that is usually baked. In their oldest forms, cakes were modifications of bread, but cakes now cover a wide range of preparations that can be simple or elaborate, and that share features with other desserts such as pastries, meringues, custards, and pies.

Pudding is a type of food that can be either a dessert or a savory (salty or spicy) dish that is part of the main meal.In the United States and Canada, pudding characteristically denotes a sweet, milk-based dessert similar in consistency to egg-based custards, instant custards or a mousse, often commercially set using cornstarch, gelatin or similar collagen agent such as Jell-O. The modern American usage to denote a specific kind of dessert has evolved over time from the originally almost exclusive use of the term to describe savory dishes, specifically those created using a process similar to that used for sausages, in which meat and other ingredients in mostly liquid form are encased and then steamed or boiled to set the contents. Black (blood) pudding and haggis survive from this tradition.In the United Kingdom and some of the Commonwealth countries, the word pudding is still used to describe both sweet and savory dishes.

A sweet baked food made of flour, liquid, eggs, and other ingredients, such as raising agents and flavorings.

A sweet, soft dessert, often with a base of milk or cream thickened by flour, cornstarch, or a cereal product, that has been boiled, steamed, or baked

A flat rounded mass of dough or batter, such as a pancake, that is baked or fried.

An edible mixture with a soft, puddinglike consistency

A flat rounded mass of hashed or chopped food that is baked or fried; a patty.

A sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal; dessert.

A shaped or molded piece, as of soap or ice.

A sausagelike preparation made with minced meat or various other ingredients stuffed into a bag or skin and boiled.

A layer or deposit of compacted matter

Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.

To cover or fill with a thick layer, as of compacted matter

A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.

To become formed into a compact or crusty mass

A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.

A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.

(originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.

A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.

(slang) An overweight person.

A block of any of various dense materials.

(slang) Entrails.

(slang) A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.

(obsolete) Any food or victuals.

(slang) Money.

A piece of good fortune.

Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.

A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.

(slang) A buttock, especially one that is exceptionally plump.

Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding.

(pyrotechnics) A multi-shot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.

An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage.

(transitive) Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.

Any food or victuals.

(transitive) To form into a cake, or mass.

Same as Puddening.

(intransitive) Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.

Any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes;

A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

(British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)

A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape.

Any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed

A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.

A sweet or savory dish, steamed or boiled, originating from British cuisine.

A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake.

To form into a cake, or mass.

To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate.

To cackle as a goose.

A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax);

Small flat mass of chopped food

Made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs

Form a coat over;

A sweet, baked treat that can be sponge-like or dense.

A baked item made from ingredients such as flour, sugar, and eggs.

Pudding is a creamy, thick dessert that can be cooked or refrigerated.

Yes, many cakes freeze well for later consumption.

Yes, rice pudding is a type of creamy dessert made with rice, milk, and sugar.

Ingredients like buttermilk, oil, or yogurt can make a cake moist.

Most puddings need refrigeration, especially if they contain dairy.

Cake is a sweet, baked treat that is often frosted or layered.

Yes, some puddings are baked, like bread pudding.

While cake is typically sweet, there are savory versions like cornbread.

Chocolate pudding can be high in sugar and calories, so it's not considered a health food.

Yes, you can often substitute butter with oils or margarine.

Cakes can fall due to underbaking, opening the oven door too early, or incorrect measurements.

Vegans can eat pudding made without animal products like milk or eggs.

Instant puddings offer convenience, but many prefer the taste of homemade pudding.

Cake mixes are a convenient substitute for making cakes from scratch.

Custard is typically made with eggs and baked, while pudding is usually thickened with starch and cooked on the stovetop.