nobody got it, but everyone loved it

[solarbird]

Nobody there knew what Portal was - seriously, nobody - but they certainly liked the cake. People even asked for the recipe and took extra pieces home with them. ^_^ Here, have the photo they'd have shot for the 1956 recipe/magazine article:


"Baking with GLaDOS," Ladies' Home Journal, November 1956.


After

Comments

[403]

Looks tasty!

The best Portal cake implementation I've seen so far was by a friend of mine who has celiac disease, and is allergic to dairy and eggs. (You know the joke that fits here. ;) )

[solarbird]

That'd still be easier than a gluten-free version. ^_^

[403]

It *was* gluten free (see celiac note). Also vegan. The texture was odd, but it was flavored with plenty of cocoa, so I couldn't detect any off flavors. I think the main ingredient was black bean flour.

[solarbird]

ooooh rite. I always forget what celiac disease is, sorry.

I have a supposedly-genuinely-awesome flour mix recipe that I want to try for my own edification. I'm just fine with gluten but I know people who aren't.

Hävää....

[unexpected-finn.livejournal.com]

Nom nom nom! But where's the candle?

Re: Hävää....

[solarbird]

I didn't want to confuse the issue any more than they were already confused by the whole idea of "Portal Cake."

[harmfulguy.livejournal.com]

People even asked for the recipe and took extra pieces home with them.

Huge Success, then?

[solarbird]

Let me check my notes... yes! I have great amounts of satisfaction.

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

I love how you managed to get the weird supersaturated glow of 50s cookbooks into the pic. Good job (on all fronts)!

[solarbird]

The secret is to add some graininess then oversaturate, but not go nuts with it.

[mikec1157.livejournal.com]

So, what's a "Portal Cake"

[solarbird]

You know the game Portal? If not, enjoy Wikipedia's entry, which discusses the cake. This is a slight modification of a recipe made from the ingredients list which can be found in the game.

It's a really good recipe.

[stolen-tea.livejournal.com]

Mmm, makes me want to knock pieces off it and toss them into my ravening maw...

[solarbird]

You euthanised your faithful cake more quickly than any test subject on record. Congratulations.