Explore the power of Cake, a cross-platform build automation system for .NET Core development, in this comprehensive conference talk. Learn how to automate the build process of an ASP.NET Core application from compilation to deployment using C#. Discover the benefits of Cake's modular architecture, integration with development tools, and C#-based DSL. Follow along as the speaker demonstrates developing a build script on macOS, running it on a Linux CI server, and deploying to Azure, showcasing the true cross-platform capabilities of both .NET Core and Cake. Gain insights into compiling, testing, packaging, and deploying applications using Cake, and understand how it complements the "write once, run anywhere" philosophy of .NET Core development.