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Sheath cake?
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2009/01/26 - 12:23pm
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Does anyone know the origin of the phrase "sheath cake"?

I assume it is just a mispronounciation of "sheet cake," but I have had several conversations with people who are insistent that although the pan is called a sheet pan, the cake is a sheath cake.

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2009/01/26 - 7:32pm
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Barry Popik says that “sheet cake” is older, and “sheath cake” possibly came into use because "'sheet' sounds like a word that cannot be printed here”.

Are the people who tell you it's “sheath cake” from Texas, by any chance?

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2009/01/27 - 11:40am
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Why,  yes, in fact, they are from Texas! I currently live in Texas but did not grow up here, so some of the colloquialisms are beyond me.

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2009/02/27 - 12:10am
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says that “sheet cake” is older, and “sheath cake” possibly came into use because “'sheet' sounds like a word that cannot be printed here”.

And sheath cake doesn't?

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2009/02/27 - 6:44am
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You can say "shit" here as long as it's in a discussion of language and not an epithet hurled.

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2009/02/27 - 11:43am
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desertpete01 said:

And sheath cake doesn't?

Less so. The "th" takes the edge off. For "sheet", I can imagine a drawled "shee-it!"

(The "word that cannot be printed here" was a quote from Barry Popik's website, BTW.)

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