The cake is constantly talked about as you go through the game. GLaDOS refers to it throughout the levels and it is even mentioned on the walls of some of the levels. If you find mention of the cake on a wall, it is always the same “the cake is a lie”.
GLaDOS is not the only one to mention the cake. There is a cake sphere that falls out of her that repeats the recipe over and over. You may also find the recipe hidden in the computer screen script. The only time you ever see the cake is at the end of the credits. GLaDOS also sings about the cake in end song Still Alive.
This is not the first game that you are ever lied to about cake. In Super Mario 64 Princess Peach invites Mario over for some cake. After Mario saves Peach at the very end of the credits you finally see the cake.
Apparently when the game developers were coming up with Portal they sat down to come up with an idea for the point of finishing the game. They all sat there silent for about 15 minutes till one person said "Everybody likes cake".
"The experiment is nearing its conclusion. The Enrichment Center is required to remind you that you will be baked, and then there will be cake."
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