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the cake is a lie 

Roughly translates to "your promised reward is merely a fictitious motivator". Popularized by the game "Portal" (found on Half-Life 2's "Orange Box" game release for PC, X-Box 360, and PS3). During the game, an electronic voice encourages you to solve intricate puzzles using cake as a motivating perk. When you have "broken out" of the game's initial testing phase (from threat of death), you find scrawls on walls of the innards of the testing center warning you that "the cake is a lie".
Employee #1: Yo, Dave, manager says we will probably get a promotion if we meet the sales expectations for this quarter.

Employee #2: Yeah, so, don't get your hopes up on that one, Ed. The cake is a lie.

Employee #1: Really, aw crap.
the cake is a lie by Mike Grant October 30, 2007
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manitoba sauce cake 

Canadian Pizza
From Brooklyn Nine Nine:
Does Canada even have pizza? Vivian indignantly replies that it does: "It's puffy! And it's sweet! It's called Manitoba sauce cake!"
manitoba sauce cake by GenXos August 17, 2016

Cakeless 

In the popular video game Minecraft, food (such as cake) can heal your character.

Going "cakeless" is the act of ignoring the cake, and any potential health that it can give you, so you can be a badass instead.

The act of going "cakeless" was developed and popularized by Ray (Brownman) from Achievement Hunter, a popular YouTube Channel.
Person 1: Hey! Why didn't you eat that cake, you would have gained extra health!!

Person 2: Nah, I'm going cakeless
Cakeless by Azniac September 25, 2012

kakka carrot cake 

A real super sand legend.

Parody of Goku (Kakarot) in OneyNG's version of DBZ, Dragonzball P.
Kakka Carrot Cake: I'm Kakka Carrot Cake!!

Freezy Pop: ....

Kakka Carrot Cake: I am real super sand!

Freezy Pop: BAH!! Super pooper scoopers are just legend!!

Kakka Carrot Cake: You'll see Freezy Pop, I'm stronger than an ant, if an ant was.... THIS BIG!!
kakka carrot cake by bored9999 December 3, 2013

Clown cake 

A diss, joke, insult, or smack talk that is particularly weak, lame, or unfunny.
After being insulted: "Your clown cake material bores me. Come up with something better before you come at me again. Maybe then I'll take you seriously."
Clown cake by rweyh August 1, 2012
Someone who goes back for another piece of cake.. no matter what.
"Leah is such a cakefiend, Tyson is too."
Cakefiend by NoReallyNotMe December 30, 2016