Originally published at: The cake is NOT a lie | Boing Boing
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It is a lie, because the cake is not the version in-game which is inedible (and the fact that Glados never had any intention of giving Chell the cake). But yay for real actual Black Forest cake, i also like to get chocolate cake for my bday 
In the final battle, GLaDOS drops an Intelligence Core which lists an abridged version of these ingredients:
1 (18.25-ounce) package chocolate cake mix 1 can prepared coconut–pecan frosting 3/4 cup vegetable oil 4 large eggs 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 3/4 cup butter or margarine 1 2/3 cup granulated sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour Don't forget garnishes such as: Fish-shaped crackers Fish-shaped candies Fish-shaped solid waste Fish-shaped dirt Fish-shaped ethylbenzene Pull-and-peel licorice Fish-shaped volatile organic compounds and sediment-shaped sediment Candy-coated peanut butter pieces (shaped like fish) 1 cup lemon juice Alpha resins Unsaturated polyester resin Fiberglass surface resins and volatile malted milk impoundments 9 large egg yolks 12 medium geosynthetic membranes 1 cup granulated sugar An entry called: "How to Kill Someone with Your Bare Hands" 2 cups rhubarb, sliced 2/3 cups granulated rhubarb 1 tbsp. all-purpose rhubarb 1 tsp. grated orange rhubarb 3 tbsp. rhubarb, on fire 1 large rhubarb 1 cross borehole electromagnetic imaging rhubarb 2 tbsp. rhubarb juice Adjustable aluminum head positioner Slaughter electric needle injector Cordless electric needle injector Injector needle driver Injector needle gun Cranial caps And it contains proven preservatives, deep-penetration agents, and gas- and odor-control chemicals that will deodorize and preserve putrid tissue.
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Yeah, it looks like they understand that a true Black Forest Gateau is more cream than cake - preferably about twice as much.
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Cake is always disappointing; pie, on the other hand, is better than it appears
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A Taste of Denmark (aka Neldham’s, if you’re old enough to remember it) Bakery in Oakland made one, they called it The Dreamcake. They also made a strawberry version of it that was equally yummy - they were my annual birthday cakes for years. Sadly, they are no more, victims of the pandemic.
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The linked wiki page answered my question. The bakery’s cake came first and was used as reference for the game. The bakery didn’t know.
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You take that back! All deserts deserve respect!
Related, I replayed Portal recently (the RTX version is exactly as pretty as you remember the original game being in your memory), and Portal is still a fucking fantastic game. If you’re thinking “I don’t do games”, I’ll add that various non-game playing friends of mine have watched their spouse playing and ended up joining in. It helps that it’s a fairly short, self-contained, experience. Just a masterpiece of gameplay and storytelling.
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A decade ago my youngest asked for a “Portal Cake” as a birthday cake.
(Wow, the last PC game I finished is that old?)
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I love Portal and thought it was the greatest game ever, until Portal 2 came out. Wow, what an expansion into that world.
Great, now I have to replay them both.
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The co-op modes are also brilliant!
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