Cake is from Venus; Pie
is from Mars
(ARA) - You can add one more thing to your list of the ways
men and women are different. It's what's for dessert, according
to a new survey by the makers of Comstock and Wilderness fruit
pie filling and dessert toppings.
"Ice cream is the favorite dessert of nearly
half (47.2%) of both men and women," said Melissa Tillmann,
marketing manager for Comstock and Wilderness. "But, after
that there's a big split; men like pie while women prefer cake."
A total of 28.8 percent of men gave pie their
first place vote, compared with only 18.5 percent of women. But
when it came to cake, the numbers were reversed. Cake was the
number one choice of 21.7 percent of women, but only 14.3 percent
of men. Ice cream, pie and cake finished 1-2-3 in the telephone
survey of 1,000 adults, ahead of such standards as brownies, cookies
and pudding.
"The interesting thing is not just that
men like pie and women like cake. The survey also found that,
like so many other things in life, women seem to associate desserts
with relationships and special occasions," Tillmann said.
"Men aren't oblivious to those connections, but they're much
less important. With men, the dessert's the thing, not the occasion."
Seventy-six percent of the women in the survey
associated desserts with holidays and 70.6 percent said birthdays,
compared with less than half of men. More than half (51.7%) of
women said they make dessert to cheer someone up. It was the third
most important association overall. That notion occurred to only
a third (35.3%) of men.
"I guess the lesson is if you want to do
something nice for a man, give him pie with ice cream," Tillmann
said. "And don't wait for his birthday."
For a dessert that's sure to please both men
and women, try the fast Cherry Swirled Cheese Cake.
Cherry Swirled Cheesecake
1 1/4 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (not
evaporated milk)
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup margarine, melted
1 (21-ounce) can Comstock or Wilderness More
Fruit Cherry Pie Filling
3 eggs
1/2 cup lemon juice from concentrate
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 300 F. Combine crumbs, sugar
and margarine; press firmly on bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
In blender, puree pie filling until smooth; add orange rind. In
mixer bowl beat cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened
condensed milk until smooth. Add eggs, lemon juice and vanilla;
mix well.
Pour half of batter into pan; top with 1/2 cup
puree. Repeat layering. With knife, swirl puree into cheese mixture.
Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until center is set.
Cool; chill. Serve with remaining puree. Refrigerate leftovers.
Makes one 9-inch cheesecake.
Courtesy of ARA Content, www.aracontent.com, e-mail: info@aracontent.com
