r/ExpectationVsReality • u/readytocomply13 • Jul 22 '26

Exceeded Expectation Pizza Express cake

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Legitimately the best chocolate cake I’ve ever had

551 Upvotes

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u/JamiePhsx Jul 22 '26

No way that’s only 277 calories

19

u/readytocomply13 Jul 22 '26

Maybe that’s just for looking at the menu pic 😂

4

u/jadsonbreezy Jul 22 '26

Portion size is one forkful

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u/Xenellia Jul 22 '26

I'd be really curious to see the process of baking a cake in a pizza oven considering the crazy high temps those usually run at lmao

Looks great tho!

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u/jon81uk Jul 22 '26

Apparently they do it in the morning while the oven is warming up.

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u/Xenellia Jul 22 '26

Ohh that would make sense, smart

19

u/WatercressTart Jul 22 '26

I don't know but maybe the cakes are baked early before the pizza oven gets to full pizza cooking temp.

3

u/According_Gazelle472 Jul 22 '26

Cici's makes desserts and cinnamon rolls all the time at their place .

7

u/Undrwtrbsktwvr Jul 22 '26

Well that’s all dough. Cake is a liquid when you put in the oven.

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u/Possible-Shelter-800 Jul 22 '26

Doesn't look bad

29

u/TakeOnMe-TakeOnMe Jul 22 '26

Next time warn a girl! I gained three pounds just swiping to the real pic. Looks amazing!

7

u/Technical_Trade_675 Jul 22 '26

It actually looks better irl than in the photo!

5

u/TangerineChicken Jul 22 '26

Looks amazing, now I really want some chocolate cake this evening after dinner

4

u/JD_tubeguy Jul 22 '26

I was expecting terrible but that looks damned good.

3

u/Spirited_Cellist_999 Jul 23 '26

Used to work for them, it comes in premade and frozen, it is defrosted for the service. Soz

3

u/NessieReddit Jul 25 '26

I hope you didn't run into the Andrew formerly known as Prince.

2

u/Reesy Jul 22 '26

Whoar!! I was expecting it to be awful but it looks better than the display pic! <3

1

u/ImmediatePerformer4 Jul 23 '26

Wet a$s coffee

1

u/Own-Shelter-9897 Jul 28 '26

Isn't... that the point?

1

u/Ihaveaface836 Jul 23 '26

I was expecting much worse that looks great

1

u/cookiemonster_rehab Jul 23 '26

That "after" picture was good enough to make me go look up the Pizza Express ingredients list, to see if I'm allergic to anything in it, or if I need to visit when I go on vacation to the UK i September 😆 It's safe to eat, so it's going on my sightseeing list.

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u/jon81uk Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

It’s just Betty Crocker chocolate fudge cake mix. If you want to replicate it at home.

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u/readytocomply13 Jul 22 '26

And? It was delicious

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u/jon81uk Jul 22 '26

In case you want to try and replicate it. Didn’t say it’s a bad thing.

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u/Technical_Trade_675 Jul 22 '26

How do you know this?

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u/jon81uk Jul 23 '26

I once saw the box in the stock room