The potential original origin of this phrase dates back to the 14th century and a rather unsavory kind of pie. Specifically a pie of offal. *gag* Back then offal was called "umble(s)" so people who were poorer and couldn't afford the expensive meats, i.e. non-offal, ate umble pies. The thought is the expression morphed into a figurative one for humility due to the humble station one has to be living in to eat offal pie. ( source )

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Today I was grateful for humble pie.  I had to eat some and in all honesty it's good for the soul to eat a little humble pie every now and then.  I'm grateful for it because it keeps any inflated ego I have in check.  It keeps me from thinking I have "arrived" or that I am so spectacular that others are beneath me in some way. It's even better when I can laugh while partaking of the humble pie.  And the things that bring us humility don't have to be big, they can be as small and seemingly insignificant as totally destroying a cake, when normally baking is something that *you* rock at!  Have you eaten any humble pie lately?  Did it occur to you to be grateful for it?   Here's the visual of my humble pie: