Practical, playful, popular, stylish and chic – these cake and pie servers have it all.

¢ Endurance stainless steel EZ server pushes pie and cake to the plate with a single squeeze, $4.49; available at Zabar’s in New York City. (212) 787-2000.

¢ Resin-handled “dog” cake server by Sarut of France; $28, available at Chocolate Moose in Washington. (202) 463-0992.

¢ Debbie Meyers’s kake-kut’r, the sheet cake cutter and server by Housewares America Inc.; $9.98, to order online, go to www.cakecutter.com.

¢ Modern stainless-steel serving set by Mantra with extra-long (12-inch) handles; $88, available at Vivi, Bethesda, Md. (301) 656-5626.

¢ Stainless-steel High Heel cake server with removable magnetic heel for easy cleaning, $20, to order online, go to www.wishingfish.com.