YOU SAID:
Erik likes to eat cake and pie.
INTO JAPANESE
エリックはケーキとパイを食べるのが好きです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Eric likes to eat cakes and pies.
INTO JAPANESE
エリックはケーキやパイを食べるのが好きです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Eric likes to eat cakes and pies.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.