'Whose cake is whose'??

[Ironfloor269]

Is this correct? Shouldn't it be 'which cake is whose'? I hear this all the time on GBBO and it makes my teeth itch.

English is not my first language so please enlighten me to the correct grammar.

Thanks!

Quite possibly.

However, "can't tell whose is whose" is used all the time. As a native speaker I find "can't tell which is whose" a little stilted.

Think of it as idiom

Ok, thanks. I know it must be correct because BBC wouldn't use wrong grammar surely? Then again, it sounds kind of wrong...

Should it not be 'Who's cake is whose'?

@MilkTrayLimeBarrel
No because you'd actually be saying 'who is cake is whose?', which doesn't make any sense at all. Obviously, if that was spoken then you wouldn't hear any difference.

I think any native speaker would understand the original question.

campion - yes you are right! Sorry it is a difficult one.

I've never watched it, but 'whose cake is whose' is meaningless. 'Which cake is whose' is ok. It sounds awkward but I can't think of a snappy alternative. 'Who made which cake' possibly.

@cooroo - thank you! That's what I thought, too. Whose cake is whose is bloody meaningless. Makes me very irritated with Noel Fielding every time I hear it.