"Takes the cake". You know, "Boy, he really takes the cake." Where? Where does he take a cake, to the movies? You know where I would take it? Down to the cake shop, to see the other cakes.
...and how comes he takes the cake, how come he don't take the pie? I would think pie would be easier to carry. "Easy as pie". But wait, cake's not that hard to carry, either. "Piece of cake".