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Straight from Gourmet Gaming comes everyone’s favorite illusive cake. But as you can see, the cake’s reality is not a lie and it is quite delicious. 

I had my elite baking friend (pictured holding her work of art) create the reward all participants at Aperture Labs were promised upon consent. Thankfully, we got to make and eat the cake without GLaDOS hovering about patronizing us.

For those who have escaped the bowels of Aperture and seen, but not tasted their prize, I highly recommend it. The recipe is thorough, easy to follow, and can be found in the backlogs of Gourmet Gaming’s tumblr. 

Despite the heavy ingredients listed, the cake turned out a lot lighter and less filling than imagined. The cream cheese frosting holding the layers together was a perfect taste contrast to the cake and the ganache, bringing out the subtleties of the chocolate flavors in each. The cake itself was fluffy and moist, and the chocolate taste complemented the darker chocolate of the ganache in a way that showed the full delicious spectrum of the ingredient. After eating the cake, it occurred to me how good it would be with a red wine, preferably one from 8-bit Vintners just to keep the gaming food theme going. 

Thanks to Maura Paxton for applying her expertise to the creation of this treat! Without her, this cake would not have turned out as picture-perfect and delectable as it did. Below is a short bio on Maura and a link to her cooking-writing blog: 

Maura Paxton is in her final quarter at UC Santa Cruz. Her great loves are baking and writing, and you can read all about that on her blog: heartkneads.tumblr.com